private void serializeMasterState(MasterState state, DataOutputStream dos) throws IOException {
		// magic number for error detection
		dos.writeInt(MASTER_STATE_MAGIC_NUMBER);

		// for safety, we serialize first into an array and then write the array and its
		// length into the checkpoint
		final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		final DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(baos);

		out.writeInt(state.version());
		out.writeUTF(state.name());

		final byte[] bytes = state.bytes();
		out.writeInt(bytes.length);
		out.write(bytes, 0, bytes.length);

		out.close();
		byte[] data = baos.toByteArray();

		dos.writeInt(data.length);
		dos.write(data, 0, data.length);
	}
private void serializeMasterState ( MasterState state , DataOutputStream dos ) throws IOException { dos . writeInt ( MASTER_STATE_MAGIC_NUMBER ) ; final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream ( ) ; final DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream ( baos ) ; out . writeInt ( state . version ( ) ) ; out . writeUTF ( state . name ( ) ) ; final byte [ ] bytes = state . bytes ( ) ; out . writeInt ( bytes . length ) ; out . write ( bytes , 0 , bytes . length ) ; out . close ( ) ; byte [ ] data = baos . toByteArray ( ) ; dos . writeInt ( data . length ) ; dos . write ( data , 0 , data . length ) ; }
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