docs: private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
      if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) SibTr.entry(tc, "writeObject");
  
      /* Call the default writeObject */
      out.defaultWriteObject();
  
      /* Get the flattened version of the ME Id field */
      byte[] id = null;
      if (uuid != null) {
        id = uuid.toByteArray();
      }
  
      /* Write it out to the ObjectOutputStream */
      out.writeObject(id);
  
      if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) SibTr.exit(tc, "writeObject");
    }