public static String encodeObject()

in chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/Base64.java [651:700]
36 lines of code
9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    public static String encodeObject( java.io.Serializable serializableObject, int options )
    throws java.io.IOException {

        if( serializableObject == null ){
            throw new NullPointerException( "Cannot serialize a null object." );
        }   // end if: null

        // Streams
        java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream  baos  = null;
        java.io.OutputStream           b64os = null;
        java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream gzos  = null;
        java.io.ObjectOutputStream     oos   = null;


        try {
            // ObjectOutputStream -> (GZIP) -> Base64 -> ByteArrayOutputStream
            baos  = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream();
            b64os = new Base64.OutputStream( baos, ENCODE | options );
            if( (options & GZIP) != 0 ){
                // Gzip
                gzos = new java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream(b64os);
                oos = new java.io.ObjectOutputStream( gzos );
            } else {
                // Not gzipped
                oos = new java.io.ObjectOutputStream( b64os );
            }
            oos.writeObject( serializableObject );
        }   // end try
        catch( java.io.IOException e ) {
            // Catch it and then throw it immediately so that
            // the finally{} block is called for cleanup.
            throw e;
        }   // end catch
        finally {
            try{ oos.close();   } catch( Exception e ){}
            try{ gzos.close();  } catch( Exception e ){}
            try{ b64os.close(); } catch( Exception e ){}
            try{ baos.close();  } catch( Exception e ){}
        }   // end finally

        // Return value according to relevant encoding.
        try {
            return new String( baos.toByteArray(), PREFERRED_ENCODING );
        }   // end try
        catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException uue){
            // Fall back to some Java default
            return new String( baos.toByteArray() );
        }   // end catch

    }   // end encode