Seeking a ByteArrayInputStream using java.io

Question

How can I seek (change the position) of a ByteArrayInputStream (java.io)? It is something so obvious, but I can\'t seem to find a method for this a

Answer 1

You'd use reset()/skip(). I can't say it's the nicest API in the world, but it should work:

public void seek(ByteArrayInputStream input, int position)
    throws IOException
{
    input.reset();
    input.skip(position);
}

Of course, that assumes that no-one has called mark().