Serialization Class

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package m.util;

import java.io.*;

public class Serialization {
  public static void serialize(Serializable obj, String pathname) {
    File77.createNotExistingDirs(pathname);
    ObjectOutputStream s=null;
    try {
      s=new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(pathname));
      s.writeObject(obj);
      s.flush();
      s.close();
    } catch(Exception e) {
      try {
        s.close();
      } catch(Exception ignored) {}
      U77.throwException(e);
    }
  }

  /**
   * on error throws RuntimeException
   */
  public static Object deserialize(File file) {
    return deserialize(file.getAbsolutePath());
  }

  /**
   * on error throws RuntimeException
   */
  public static Object deserialize(String pathname) {
    ObjectInputStream s=null;
    try {
      s=new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(pathname));
      Object o=s.readObject();
      s.close();
      return o;
    } catch(Exception e) {
      try {
        s.close();
      } catch(Exception ignored) {}
      U77.throwException(e);
      /* heh */
      return null;
    }
  }
}

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