How can I get a java.io.InputStream from a java.lang.String?

Question

I have a String that I want to use as an InputStream. In Java 1.0, you could use java.io.StringBufferInputStream, but that has been @Deprecra

Answer 1

Update: This answer is precisely what the OP doesn't want. Please read the other answers.

For those cases when we don't care about the data being re-materialized in memory, please use:

new ByteArrayInputStream(str.getBytes("UTF-8"))