CodecSupport.toBytes

Converts the specified Object into a byte array. <p/> If the argument is a {@code byte[]}, {@code char[]}, {@link ByteSource}, {@link String}, {@link File}, or {@link InputStream}, it will be converted automatically and returned.} <p/> If the argument is anything other than these types, it is passed to the {@link #objectToBytes(Object) objectToBytes} method which must be overridden by subclasses.

@param o the Object to convert into a byte array @return a byte array representation of the Object argument.

  1. byte[] toBytes(char[] chars)
  2. byte[] toBytes(Object o)
    class CodecSupport
    protected
    byte[]
    toBytes
    (
    Object o
    )

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