Convert a String into a InputStream

[Tony Evans]

Hi I am looking for code examples for converting a String into a Inputstream.

Thanks for any help

Tony

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

new ByteArrayInputStream(theString.getBytes());

[Tony Evans]

So its

InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(AString.getBytes());

Thanks Tony

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Yes.

[Neeraj Dheer]

you can also use StringReader and StringWriter

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Originally posted by Neeraj Dheer:
you can also use StringReader and StringWriter

Indeed, you can; but not if you want an InputStream.

[Jim Yingst]

Note that if you're transferring this data between two different machines, it's usually a good idea to specify what encoding is being used, when sending and receiving. E.g.using String's getBytes(String encoding) method. Do not trust the default platform encoding unless you are sure (a) all the machines involved use the same default encoding, and (b) all the characters in your sting are representable using the default encoding. If you only use characters in US-ASCII (Unicode 0-127) there's usually no problem - at least not until you try to print something that uses Microsoft's "smart quotes" (‘foo’ or “bar” ) rather than "straight" quotes ('foo' or "bar").
[ June 01, 2005: Message edited by: Jim Yingst ]