Here you can find the source of convertToStream(final Object o)
public static InputStream convertToStream(final Object o) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*!/*www.ja va 2 s. c om*/ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 as published by the Free Software * Foundation. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this * program; if not, you can obtain a copy at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html * or from the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * Copyright (c) 2002-2013 Pentaho Corporation.. All rights reserved. */ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.sql.Blob; import java.sql.SQLException; public class Main { public static InputStream convertToStream(final Object o) throws IOException { if (o instanceof byte[]) { return new ByteArrayInputStream((byte[]) o); } if (o instanceof Blob) { final Blob b = (Blob) o; try { return b.getBinaryStream(); } catch (SQLException e) { throw new IOException("Failed to convert from BLOB"); } } if (o instanceof InputStream) { return (InputStream) o; } return null; } }