How to get Object from HttpResponse?
java
Solution
You cant just send Object.toString() because it does not contain all information about the object. Serialisation is probably what you need. Take a look at that: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/serialization/ The Object you want to send has to implement Serializable. On your server you can then use something like this:
OutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
oos = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
oos.writeObject(yourSerializableObject);
On the client side you do:
in = new ObjectInputStream(response.getEntity().getContent()); //Android
in = new ObjectInputStream(response.getInputStream()); //Java
ObjcetClass obj = (ObjectClass)in.readObject();
Problem
I'm trying to send an object from server to client. client side: ``` HttpResponse response = client.execute(request); ``` server side: ``` protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException { PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); out.print(new Object()); } ``` How do I get the object from the response? Do i need to use instead: ``` OutputStream out = response.getOutputStream(); ``` if so which way is more efficient? example code please :) thanks.