Metacat

                  try

                  { //try to serialize info.  if it cannot be serialized, then

                    //don't add it to the info.  bad SM can be added via tests

                    //which can break this code.

                      serializeObjectInfo(info);

                      ol.addObjectInfo(info);

                  }

                  catch(Exception e)

                  {} //don't do anything

     * serialize an ObjectInfo object

     * @param info

     * @return

     * @throws ServiceFailure

     */

    public static ByteArrayOutputStream serializeObjectInfo(ObjectInfo info)

      throws ServiceFailure

    {

        IBindingFactory bfact;

        ByteArrayOutputStream sysmetaOut = null;

        try {

            bfact = BindingDirectory.getFactory(ObjectInfo.class);

            IMarshallingContext mctx = bfact.createMarshallingContext();

            sysmetaOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

            mctx.marshalDocument(info, "UTF-8", null, sysmetaOut);

        } catch (JiBXException e) {

            e.printStackTrace();

            throw new ServiceFailure("1190", "Failed to serialize and insert SystemMetadata: " + e.getMessage());

        }

        return sysmetaOut;

    }

    /**