Java tutorial
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException { ByteArrayOutputStream outStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); String s = "This is a test."; for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) outStream.write(s.charAt(i)); System.out.println("outstream: " + outStream); System.out.println("size: " + outStream.size()); ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(outStream.toByteArray()); int inBytes = inStream.available(); System.out.println("inStream has " + inBytes + " available bytes"); byte inBuf[] = new byte[inBytes]; int bytesRead = inStream.read(inBuf, 0, inBytes); System.out.println(bytesRead + " bytes were read"); System.out.println("They are: " + new String(inBuf)); } }