Java tutorial
import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { byte[] arrByte = new byte[1024]; byte[] byteArray = new byte[] { 'j', 'a', 'v', 'a', '2', 's', '.', 'c', 'o', 'm' }; InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteArray); PushbackInputStream pis = new PushbackInputStream(is, 10); try { for (int i = 0; i < byteArray.length; i++) { arrByte[i] = (byte) pis.read(); System.out.println((char) arrByte[i]); } byte[] b = { 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd' }; pis.unread(b); for (int i = 0; i < byteArray.length; i++) { arrByte[i] = (byte) pis.read(); System.out.println((char) arrByte[i]); } } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }