package io.atlassian.fugue;
   
   import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
   import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
   import java.io.IOException;
   import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
   import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
   
   class Serializer {
    static <A> byte[] toBytes(final A a) throws IOException {
      final ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
      new ObjectOutputStream(bytes).writeObject(a);
      return bytes.toByteArray();
    }
  
    static <A> A toObject(final byte[] bs) throws IOException {
      final ByteArrayInputStream bytes = new ByteArrayInputStream(bs);
      try {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        final A result = (A) new ObjectInputStream(bytes).readObject();
        return result;
      } catch (final ClassNotFoundException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
      }
    }
  
    static class Unserializable {
      static Unserializable instance() {
        return new Unserializable();
      }
    }
  }