Serialize and unserialize any java object to a base46 string

Serializer.java

	private String serialize(Object object) {
		try {
			ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
			ObjectOutputStream output = new ObjectOutputStream(buffer);
		
			output.writeObject(object);
			output.flush();
			
			return Base64.encodeBase64String(buffer.toByteArray());
		} catch (Exception e) {
			return null;
		}
	}
	
	private Object unserialize(String base64) {
		try {
			ByteArrayInputStream buffer = new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.decodeBase64(base64));
			ObjectInputStream input = new ObjectInputStream(buffer);
			return input.readObject();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			return null;
		}
	}