Converting Java Objects to Byte Array, JSON and XML

class.java

/**
* Convert object to byte array
* @param object
* @return
*/
public static byte[] fromJavaToByteArray(Serializable object) {
	return SerializationUtils.serialize(object);
}

/**
* Convert byte array to object
* @param bytes
* @return
*/
public static Object fromByteArrayToJava(byte[] bytes) {
	return SerializationUtils.deserialize(bytes);
}

/**
* Convert object to JSON String 
* @param object
* @return
* @throws JsonGenerationException
* @throws JsonMappingException
* @throws IOException
*/
public static String fromJavaToJson(Serializable object)
	throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
    ObjectMapper jsonMapper = new ObjectMapper();
    return jsonMapper.writeValueAsString(object);
}

/**
* Convert a JSON string to an object
* @param json
* @return
* @throws JsonParseException
* @throws JsonMappingException
* @throws IOException
*/
public static Object fromJsonToJava(String json, Class type) throws JsonParseException,
		JsonMappingException, IOException {
     ObjectMapper jsonMapper = new ObjectMapper();
     return jsonMapper.readValue(json, type);
}

/**
* Convert a java object to XML
* @param object
* @return
*/
public static String fromJavaToXML(Serializable object) {
	XStream xs = new XStream();
	return xs.toXML(object);
}
	
/**
* Convert from XML to object
* @param xml
* @return
*/
public static Object fromXMLToJava(String xml){
	XStream xs = new XStream();
	return xs.fromXML(xml);
}

pom.xml

<dependency>
	<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
	<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
	<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
	<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
	<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
	<version>1.9.12</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
	<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
	<version>1.4.4</version>
</dependency>