/**
     * Read the object from Base64 string.
     */
    public static Object fromString(final String string) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        final byte[] data = Base64.getDecoder().decode(string);
        final ObjectInputStream objectInputStream = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
        final Object object = objectInputStream.readObject();

        objectInputStream.close();
        return object;
    }

    /**
     * Write the object to a Base64 string.
     */
    public static String toString(final Serializable object) throws IOException {
        final ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        final ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(byteArrayOutputStream);

        objectOutputStream.writeObject(object); // must be serializable
        objectOutputStream.close();

        return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray());
    }

    /**
     * Write the object to a byte array.
     */
    public static byte[] serialize(final Object obj) throws IOException {
        final ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        final ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(out);

        os.writeObject(obj);
        return out.toByteArray();
    }

    /**
     * Read the object from a byte array.
     */
    public static Object deserialize(final byte[] data) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        final ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
        final ObjectInputStream is = new ObjectInputStream(in);

        return is.readObject();
    }

    public static Map<String, Object> convertWithStream(final String mapAsString) {
        final Map<String, Object> map = Arrays.stream(mapAsString.split(","))
                .map(entry -> entry.split("="))
                .collect(Collectors.toMap(entry -> entry[0], entry -> entry[1]));
        return map;
    }

    public static Map<String, String> convertWithGuava(final String mapAsString) {
        return Splitter.on(',').withKeyValueSeparator('=').split(mapAsString);
    }