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

Well, one possible way is to:

• Create a PipedOutputStream
• Pipe it to a PipedInputStream
• Wrap an OutputStreamWriter around the PipedOutputStream (you can specify the encoding in the constructor)
• Et voilá, anything you write to the OutputStreamWriter can be read from the PipedInputStream!

Of course, this seems like a rather hackish way to do it, but at least it is a way.