Question

I’m using:

    import flash.utils.ByteArray;
    import mx.utils.Base64Encoder;
    import mx.utils.Base64Decoder;
    .
    .
    .
    public static function serializeToString(value:Object):String{
        if(value==null){
            throw new Error("null isn't a legal serialization candidate");
        }
        var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
        bytes.writeObject(value);
        bytes.position = 0;
        var be:Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder();
        be.encode(bytes.readUTFBytes(bytes.length));
        return be.drain();
    }

    public static function deSerializeFromString(value:String):Object{
        var dec:Base64Decoder=new Base64Decoder();
        dec.decode(value);
        var result:ByteArray=dec.drain();
        result.position=0;
        return result.readObject();
    }    

But I keep getting an “Error #2030: End of file was encountered.”

This is (probably) because the class I’m serializing is too big for the “String” object type in AS3.

Is there a limitless object for storing an array of characters (or better yet binary), or am I going to have to make my own class? (like one with an array of strings)

Answer 1

Another efficient, cross-platform way of serializing objects is by using JSON.
Here is a library for as3:
https://github.com/mherkender/actionjson