Snippet from Thrift's TSerializer.java

tserializer.java

  /**
   * Serialize the Thrift object into a byte array. The process is simple,
   * just clear the byte array output, write the object into it, and grab the
   * raw bytes.
   *
   * @param base The object to serialize
   * @return Serialized object in byte[] format
   */
  public byte[] serialize(TBase base) throws TException {
    baos_.reset();
    base.write(protocol_);
    return baos_.toByteArray(); // what happens if another thread calls serialize() right before this line is executed?
  }