ByteArrayOutputStream

[Nasir Khan]

Hi freinds,
ByteArrayOutputStream uses a byte array as the destination(as given by Api doc)Here is an example from a book
1.ByteArrayOutputStream f=new ByteArrayOutputStream();
2.String s="This should end up in in the array";
3.byte [] buf=s.getBytes();
4.f.write(buf);
Line4 writes the content of 'buf ' into ByteArrayOutputStream am I right here ??
If right then it seems ByteArrayOutputStream is using a byte array as source rather than a destination.
I'm very confused with this please help me.

[Sunil Mehta]

Hi Nasir
Here is the code you are looking for.
import java.io.*;
public class BytArr{
public static void main(String args[]){
ByteArrayOutputStream f=new ByteArrayOutputStream();
String s="This should end up in the array";
int n = s.length();
byte bt[] = new byte[n];
for (int i=0;i<s.length();i++)>
{
bt[i] = (new Integer(s.charAt(i))).byteValue();
}
f.write(bt,0,s.length());
System.out.println(f.toString());
}
}
good luck.

[Sunil Mehta]

correction:
line 9:
for (int i=0;i<s.length();i++)>

[Nasir Khan]

Thanks Sunil
but i'm not looking for the code.
could anyone please help me on whatever i mentioned above.

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Nasir,
It does both . The Class libraries states:

"You can use a byte array output stream to treat a <code>byte</code> array as an output stream on which you can perform write operations."

The <code>write()</code> method takes a byte array as an argument.
So, it uses a byte array as an 'input' and also 'outputs' a byte array. Because it is output as a byte array, it can be read back into a byte array using ByteArrayInputStream.
Hope that helps.
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Jane
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[This message has been edited by Jane Griscti (edited December 10, 2000).]