pt 1 in reviving the android build (copied from pm 28a1, wish me luck)

mobile/android/thirdparty/ch/boye/httpclientandroidlib/entity/SerializableEntity.java

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+/*
+ * ====================================================================
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+ *
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+ *
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+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
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+ *
+ */
+
+package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.entity;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.annotation.NotThreadSafe;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.util.Args;
+
+/**
+ * A streamed entity that obtains its content from a {@link Serializable}.
+ * The content obtained from the {@link Serializable} instance can
+ * optionally be buffered in a byte array in order to make the
+ * entity self-contained and repeatable.
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+@NotThreadSafe
+public class SerializableEntity extends AbstractHttpEntity {
+
+    private byte[] objSer;
+
+    private Serializable objRef;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates new instance of this class.
+     *
+     * @param ser input
+     * @param bufferize tells whether the content should be
+     *        stored in an internal buffer
+     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error
+     */
+    public SerializableEntity(final Serializable ser, final boolean bufferize) throws IOException {
+        super();
+        Args.notNull(ser, "Source object");
+        if (bufferize) {
+            createBytes(ser);
+        } else {
+            this.objRef = ser;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 4.3
+     */
+    public SerializableEntity(final Serializable ser) {
+        super();
+        Args.notNull(ser, "Source object");
+        this.objRef = ser;
+    }
+
+    private void createBytes(final Serializable ser) throws IOException {
+        final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        final ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
+        out.writeObject(ser);
+        out.flush();
+        this.objSer = baos.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    public InputStream getContent() throws IOException, IllegalStateException {
+        if (this.objSer == null) {
+            createBytes(this.objRef);
+        }
+        return new ByteArrayInputStream(this.objSer);
+    }
+
+    public long getContentLength() {
+        if (this.objSer ==  null) {
+            return -1;
+        } else {
+            return this.objSer.length;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isRepeatable() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isStreaming() {
+        return this.objSer == null;
+    }
+
+    public void writeTo(final OutputStream outstream) throws IOException {
+        Args.notNull(outstream, "Output stream");
+        if (this.objSer == null) {
+            final ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(outstream);
+            out.writeObject(this.objRef);
+            out.flush();
+        } else {
+            outstream.write(this.objSer);
+            outstream.flush();
+        }
+    }
+
+}