code: private Object convertStringToObject(String string)
      	throws ClassNotFoundException
      {
          if ((string == null) || (string.length() == 0))
              return null;
          try {
              InputStream reader = new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes(BundleConstants.OBJECT_ENCODING));//Constants.STRING_ENCODING));
              ObjectInputStream inStream = new ObjectInputStream(reader);
              Object obj = inStream.readObject();
              reader.close();
              inStream.close();
              return obj;
          } catch (IOException ex)    {
              ex.printStackTrace();   // Never
          }
          return null;
      }
docs: Convert this encoded string back to a Java Object.
  TODO This is expensive, I need to synchronize and use a static writer.
  @param string The string to convert.
  @return The java object.
  @throws ClassNotFoundException