Is protbuf Java's toByteArray() method same as python's SerializeToString()?

[S M]

I'm working on python protobuf and I need to convert a protobuf object to bytes. I know in Java, it can be done using toByteArray() method:  byte[] toByteArray(): serializes the message and returns a byte array containing its raw bytes.

In Python there is SerializeToString() method:  SerializeToString(): serializes the message and returns it as a string. Note that the bytes are binary, not text; we only use the str type as a convenient container.

Found here:https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/pythontutorial

Just wanted to make sure they both are the same. 

Thank you in advance.

[Feng Xiao]

Yes, they both encode the message into protobuf binary format.

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