AS3: Can't Deserialize Object from ByteArray .. Error #2006

Question

Hello,

I am trying to serialize & deserialize Vector. using ByteArray Here is my code:

 public static function serializeToString(value:Object):String{

    if(value==null){                
        throw new Error("null isn't a legal serialization candidate");              
    }

    var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();          
    bytes.writeObject(value);           
    bytes.position = 0;         

    return Base64.encodeByteArray( bytes ).toString();           
}

public static function readObjectFromStringBytes(value:String):Object{          

    var result:ByteArray= Base64.decodeToByteArray(value);
    result.position=0;          
    return result.readObject();         
}

No matter what I do, I keep having this error:

RangeError: Error #2006: The supplied index is out of bounds. at flash.utils::ByteArray/readObject()

I am dipertly looking for a solution ..

Thanks in advance Sameer

Answer 1

Try getting rid of the .position = 0 lines. They aren't necessary and the second one may be what is causing your issue. Also note that toString() is unecessary, as encodeByteArray already returns a String.

Answer 2

I found the problem reason after days of frustration ..

The loader SWF published for player 9, the content SWF published for player 10, I simply republished the loader for player 10, and the Error #2006 disappeared from the loaded SWF

What I wonder about, is that the content uses Vector. type, which is player 10 feature, how come it played correctly inside an older loader ?! Why there is no descriptive regarding different player versions ??

Answer 3

In case you want to send or receive the serialized object graph to server-side code without converting to a string first, see this link.