Adding networking to the engine that when complet will be integrated whit the game

src/ei/engine/network/util/Converter.java

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+package ei.engine.network.util;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+
+import ei.engine.util.MultiPrintStream;
+
+public class Converter {
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Converts an object to an array of bytes.
+	 * 
+	 * @param object the object to convert.
+	 * @return the associated byte array.
+	 */
+	public static byte[] toBytes(Object object){
+		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		try{
+			ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
+			oos.writeObject(object);
+			oos.flush();
+		}catch(IOException ioe){
+			MultiPrintStream.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
+		}
+		return baos.toByteArray();
+	}
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Converts an array of bytes back to its constituent object. The 
+	 * input array is assumed to have been created from the original object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param bytes the byte array to convert.
+	 * @return the associated object.
+	 */
+	public static Object toObject(byte[] bytes)	{
+		Object object = null;
+		try{
+			ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+			ObjectInputStream ois= new ObjectInputStream(bais);
+			object = ois.readObject();
+		}catch(IOException ioe){
+			MultiPrintStream.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
+		}catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe){
+			MultiPrintStream.out.println(cnfe.getMessage());
+		}
+		return object;
+	}
+}