How to ObjectSerializer in to java to store in shared preference in Android

// private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ObjectSerializer.class);

public static String serialize(Serializable obj) throws IOException {
if (obj == null) return "";
try {
ByteArrayOutputStream serialObj = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream objStream = new ObjectOutputStream(serialObj);
objStream.writeObject(obj);
objStream.close();
return encodeBytes(serialObj.toByteArray());
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return "";
}

public static Object deserialize(String str) throws IOException {
if (str == null || str.length() == 0) return null;
try {
ByteArrayInputStream serialObj = new ByteArrayInputStream(decodeBytes(str));
ObjectInputStream objStream = new ObjectInputStream(serialObj);
return objStream.readObject();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return "";
}

public static String encodeBytes(byte[] bytes) {
StringBuffer strBuf = new StringBuffer();

for (int i = 0; i > 4) & 0xF) + ((int) 'a')));
strBuf.append((char) (((bytes[i]) & 0xF) + ((int) 'a')));
}

return strBuf.toString();
}

public static byte[] decodeBytes(String str) {
byte[] bytes = new byte[str.length() / 2];
for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i+=2) {
char c = str.charAt(i);
bytes[i/2] = (byte) ((c - 'a') << 4);
c = str.charAt(i+1);
bytes[i/2] += (c - 'a');
}
return bytes;
}

}