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

A solution is to roll your own, creating an InputStream implementation that likely would use java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder to encode each char or chunk of chars to an array of bytes for the InputStream as necessary.