How to Cache InputStream for Multiple Use

Question

I have an InputStream of a file and i use apache poi components to read from it like this:

POIFSFileSystem fileSystem = new POIFSFileSystem(inputStream);
         


        

Answer 1

Try BufferedInputStream, which adds mark and reset functionality to another input stream, and just override its close method:

public class UnclosableBufferedInputStream extends BufferedInputStream {

    public UnclosableBufferedInputStream(InputStream in) {
        super(in);
        super.mark(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
    }

    @Override
    public void close() throws IOException {
        super.reset();
    }
}

So:

UnclosableBufferedInputStream  bis = new UnclosableBufferedInputStream (inputStream);

and use bis wherever inputStream was used before.