Input and Output Streams with JTextArea

[matt eggbeers]

Hey,

I was wondering if there was a way to 'connect' a Input and output stream to a jtextarea? What I am really trying to do is have a JTextArea behave like the standard in and standard out. Is this possible? If so how?

What kind of Input/Output Stream classes should I use? Know of any tutorials / examples of doing something like this?

Thanks,
Matt

[Brian Cole]

Originally posted by matt eggbeers:
[QB]I was wondering if there was a way to 'connect' a Input and output stream to a jtextarea?

JTextArea (or any JTextComponent) has read() and write() methods.

What I am really trying to do is have a JTextArea behave like the standard in and standard out.

read() calls for a Reader, not an InputStream, but you can convert with InputStreamReader.

write() calls for a Writer, not an OutputStream, but you can convert with OutputStreamWriter.

[matt eggbeers]

Thanks for the response, what about when using the Text Object in SWT? Is there a way to do it then? The Text object does not have read or write methods.

Thanks,
Matt

[Nathan Pruett]

This blog post describes redirecting OutputStreams (specifically System.out) to a SWT Text component.

[Michael Dunn]

and another

http://codeguru.earthweb.com/java/articles/382.shtml