This question already has an answer here:
- How do I turn a String into a InputStreamReader in java? 6 answers
I'm not used to working with streams in Java - how do I create an InputStream
from a String
?
This question already has an answer here:
I'm not used to working with streams in Java - how do I create an InputStream
from a String
?
Here you go:
InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream( myString.getBytes() );
Update For multi-byte support use (thanks to Aaron Waibel's comment):
InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(Charset.forName("UTF-16").encode(myString).array());
Please see ByteArrayInputStream manual.
It is safe to use a charset argument in String#getBytes(charset) method above.
After JDK 7+ you can use
java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_16
instead of hardcoded encoding string:
InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(StandardCharsets.UTF_16.encode(myString).array());
You could do this:
InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(string.getBytes("UTF-8"));
Note the UTF-8
encoding. You should specify the character set that you want the bytes encoded into. It's common to choose UTF-8
if you don't specifically need anything else. Otherwise if you select nothing you'll get the default encoding that can vary between systems. From the JavaDoc:
The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in the default charset is unspecified. The CharsetEncoder class should be used when more control over the encoding process is required.
InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(yourstring.getBytes());
Java 7+
It's possible to take advantage of the StandardCharsets
JDK class:
String str=...
InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(StandardCharsets.UTF_16.encode(str).array());
Beginning with Java 7, you can use the following idiom:
String someString = "...";
InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream( someString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8) );
Instead of CharSet.forName, using com.google.common.base.Charsets from Google's Guava (http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/StringsExplained#Charsets) is is slightly nicer:
InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream( myString.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8) );
Which CharSet you use depends entirely on what you're going to do with the InputStream, of course.