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i m using adf 11g latest jdev.

I have a java object of class Animal{
String aniName;

void setAniName(String name){
...
}

void getAniName(){
..}
}

i want to convert this object to a BLOB type. How do i do that?

I tried:

Blob customObject = null;

Object customObjectdata = new Animal ();
if(customObjectdata != null){
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream objOstream = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
objOstream.writeObject(customObjectdata);

objOstream.flush();
objOstream.close();
byte[] bArray = baos.toByteArray();

customObject =BlobDomain.createEmptyBLOB(bArray);
}


but this throw jbo 29000 invalid empty lob operation. googling did not reveal anything useful. Please advise.