final Kryo kryo = kryoThreadLocal.get();
        try (ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); final Output output = new Output(baos)) {
            kryo.writeClassAndObject(output, obj);
            output.flush();
            return baos.toByteArray();
        } catch (final IOException e) {
            throw new IORuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /**