private void saveSerialized()

in src/java/org/apache/fulcrum/intake/IntakeServiceImpl.java [324:421]
82 lines of code
11 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    private void saveSerialized(String serialDataPath, Map<AppData, File> appDataElements)
    {

        getLogger().debug(
                "Entered saveSerialized(" + serialDataPath
                        + ", appDataElements)");

        long timer = System.currentTimeMillis();

        if (serialDataPath == null)
        {
            return;
        }

        File serialData = new File(serialDataPath);

        try
        {
            boolean result = serialData.createNewFile();
            if ( result == false )
            {
            	getLogger().error("Could not create new serialized file");
            }

            // Try to delete the file
            result = serialData.delete();
            if ( result == false )
            {
            	getLogger().error("Serialized file could not be removed");
            }
            
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            getLogger().info(
                    "Could not create serialized file " + serialDataPath
                            + ", not serializing the XML data", e);
            return;
        }

        ObjectOutputStream out = null;
        ObjectInputStream in = null;

        try
        {
            // write the appData file out
        	FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(serialDataPath);
            out = new ObjectOutputStream(fout);
            out.writeObject(appDataElements);
            out.flush();

            // read the file back in. for some reason on OSX 10.1
            // this is necessary.
            FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(serialDataPath);
            in = new ObjectInputStream(fin);
            /* Map dummy = (Map) */ in.readObject();

            getLogger().debug("Serializing successful");
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            getLogger().info(
                    "Could not write serialized file to " + serialDataPath
                            + ", not serializing the XML data", e);
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
        {
            getLogger().info(
                    "Could not re-read serialized file from " + serialDataPath, e);
        }
        finally
        {
            try
            {
                if (out != null)
                {
                    out.close();
                }
            }
            catch (IOException e)
            {
                getLogger().error("Exception while closing file", e);
            }
            try
            {
                if (in != null)
                {
                    in.close();
                }
            }
            catch (IOException e)
            {
                getLogger().error("Exception while closing file", e);
            }
        }

        getLogger().debug("Saving took " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - timer));
    }