Serialization.scala

import java.io.{ByteArrayInputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, ObjectInputStream, ObjectOutputStream}

object Serialization extends App {

  def serialise(value: Any): Array[Byte] = {
    val stream: ByteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
    val oos = new ObjectOutputStream(stream)
    oos.writeObject(value)
    oos.close
    stream.toByteArray
  }

  def deserialise(bytes: Array[Byte]): Any = {
    val ois = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes))
    val value = ois.readObject
    ois.close
    value
  }
}