InputStream duplication, how to ?

[Srinu Nanduri]

Hi

I have a problem with InputStream (FilterInputStream) in my application.

I would like to start with reminding the point that "Once an input stream is read, we cannot read it again". Any comments ?

Now, my question is, Is there any possibility to duplicate the input stream i have such that i can use the original / duplicate and pass the other one as it is further to my application.

I will be very thankful if some one can help me with this.

Thanks & Regards,
Srinivasan.

[Joe Ess]

InputStream and Reader both have a reset() method which can be used to rewind a stream to a point identified with a call to mark(). These method are not supported with all streams/readers and care must be used in setting the size of data preserved with the mark() call.

[William Brogden]

You could read the InputStream completely to a byte[] and construct any number of streams from that source with ByteArrayInputStream. (Assuming the total is reasonable to keep in memory)
Bill