@Provider
@Produces(SerializableProvider.MIMETYPE)
@Consumes(SerializableProvider.MIMETYPE)
public class SerializableProvider implements MessageBodyReader<Serializable>, MessageBodyWriter<Serializable> {
	/** Marshaller for Java serialized objects */
	public final static String MIMETYPE = "application/x-java-serialized-object";
	/** Corresponding MediaType */
	public final static MediaType MEDIATYPE = new MediaType("application", "x-java-serialized-object");

	@Override
	public boolean isWriteable(Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType) {
		return Serializable.class.isAssignableFrom(type) && MEDIATYPE.isCompatible(mediaType);
	}

	@Override
	public long getSize(Serializable t, Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType) {
		return -1;
	}

	@Override
	public void writeTo(Serializable t, Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType,
			MultivaluedMap<String, Object> httpHeaders, OutputStream entityStream) throws IOException,
			WebApplicationException {
		BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(entityStream);
		ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
		oos.writeObject(t);
		oos.close();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isReadable(Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType) {
		return Serializable.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
				&& MEDIATYPE.isCompatible(mediaType);
	}

	@Override
	public Serializable readFrom(Class<Serializable> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations,
			MediaType mediaType, MultivaluedMap<String, String> httpHeaders, InputStream entityStream)
			throws IOException, WebApplicationException {
		BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(entityStream);
		ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bis);
		try {
			return Serializable.class.cast(ois.readObject());
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			throw new WebApplicationException(e);
		}
	}
}