[Note: Also posted on StckOverflow here]
I'm trying to serialize an object which has an InputStream. I need it to arrive on the flex client as a ByteArray.
Note - I can't implement `IExternalizable` on this class, as it's not mine.
I've registered a custom `BeanProxy` to do the conversion, however it doesn't appear to be working:
public class InputStreamBeanProxy extends BeanProxy {
@Override
public Object getInstanceToSerialize(Object instance) {
InputStream stream = (InputStream) instance;
Byte[] boxOfBytes;
try {
byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(stream);
boxOfBytes = new Byte[bytes.length];
for (int i=0; i < bytes.length; i++)
{
boxOfBytes[i] = bytes[i];
}
} catch (IOException e) {
logger.error("Exception serializing inputStream: ", e);
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
return boxOfBytes;
}
}
This proxy is then registered during startup as follows:
PropertyProxyRegistry.getRegistry().register(InputStream.class, new InputStreamBeanProxy());
I've set breakpoints in this code, and I see it being called as expected. However when the object arrives on the client, the input stream is typed as `Object`, and it contains no properties.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Marty
