Serializing an object not working properly - funky chars.

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I have a java webservice.. I need to log the response before returning. I am trying to serialize as below:

ByteArrayOutputStream fos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream outStream = new ObjectOutputStream( fos );
outStream.writeObject( response );
outStream.flush();
return fos.toString();

But I see invalid characters all over. What is the process of saving it as proper xml text content? This object is Serializable and complex data type.

Thanks,

[Steve11235]

Serialization creates binary output, some of which may be legible, such as the contents of String. It is not intended to be human readable.

You can use XMLEncoder on any object that follows the Java Beans conventions, but it will only save public properties (fields with public getXxx, isXxx, setXxx methods).

If you want to save the response and read it back as as Java object, user serialization. If you want a human-readable archive, use XMLEncoder.

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any example to convert from object to string(XML) using XMLEncoder?

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ByteArrayOutputStream fos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

try {
XMLEncoder encoder = new XMLEncoder(fos);
encoder.writeObject(response);
encoder.flush();
return fos.toString();
}

Thanks,

[Steve11235]

Cool. 7890