Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.DataInputStream; import java.io.DataOutputStream; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.FileWriter; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.io.Reader; import java.io.StreamTokenizer; import java.io.StringReader; import java.io.StringWriter; import java.io.Writer; public class InputOutputDemoString { public static void main(String[] a) throws Exception { //Read from a String s as if it were a text file: Reader r = new StringReader("abc"); System.out.println("abc: " + (char) r.read() + (char) r.read() + (char) r.read()); //Write to a StringBuffer as if it were a text file: Writer sw = new StringWriter(); sw.write('d'); sw.write('e'); sw.write('f'); System.out.println(sw.toString()); } }