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package org.apache.commons.numbers.core;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

/**
 * Test utilities.
 */
public final class TestUtils {
    /**
     * Collection of static methods used in math unit tests.
     */
    private TestUtils() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Serializes an object to a bytes array and then recovers the object from the bytes array.
     * Returns the deserialized object.
     *
     * @param o  object to serialize and recover
     * @return  the recovered, deserialized object
     */
    public static Object serializeAndRecover(Object o) {
        try {
            // serialize the Object
            final ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            final ObjectOutputStream so = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
            so.writeObject(o);

            // deserialize the Object
            final ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(bos.toByteArray());
            final ObjectInputStream si = new ObjectInputStream(bis);
            return si.readObject();
        } catch (final IOException ioe) {
            return null;
        } catch (final ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}