ZipEntry to byte array
<p>I was trying to serialize a ZipEntry object into a byte array and I've understood that it's not possible.</p>

<p>Here's what I'm doing:</p>

<pre><code>ZipEntry entryToDocumentum = null;
for (ZipEntry oneEntry : entries) { //entries is a ZipEntry arraylist
   if (oneEntry.getName().equals(details.getId()+"_"+details.getCodEntidade()+"_"+details.getNrDocumento()+".pdf")) {
         entryToDocumentum = oneEntry;

   }
}
byte[] entryBytes =  serializeEntry(entryToDocumentum);
</code></pre>

<p>serializeEntry method:</p>

<pre><code>private static byte[] serializeEntry(Object obj) throws IOException {
    ByteArrayOutputStream b = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    ObjectOutputStream o = new ObjectOutputStream(b);
    o.writeObject(obj); //here is where I get the NotSerializable exception
    return b.toByteArray();
}
</code></pre>

<p>If a ZipEntry is not serializable, how can I convert a ZipEntry to a byte array?</p>