Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedWriter; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.StringWriter; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { String str = "from java2s.com!"; // create string writer StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); // create buffered writer BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(sw); // writing string to writer bw.write(str, 1, 4); // forces out the characters to string writer bw.flush(); // string buffer is created StringBuffer sb = sw.getBuffer(); System.out.println(sb); } }