Enhancing the @Anthony Accioly with the example.
InputStream: Clones the bytes-Stream and provides number of copies as a List Collection.
public static List<InputStream> multiplyBytes(InputStream input, int cloneCount) throws IOException {
List<InputStream> copies = new ArrayList<InputStream>();
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
copy(input, baos);
for (int i = 0; i < cloneCount; i++) {
copies.add(new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray()));
}
return copies;
}
// IOException - If reading the Reader or Writing into the Writer goes wrong.
public static void copy(Reader in, Writer out) throws IOException {
try {
char[] buffer = new char[1024];
int nrOfBytes = -1;
while ((nrOfBytes = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
out.write(buffer, 0, nrOfBytes);
}
out.flush();
} finally {
close(in);
close(out);
}
}
Reader: Clones the chars-Stream and provides number of copies as a List Collection.
public static List<Reader> multiplyChars(Reader reader, int cloneCOunt) throws IOException {
List<Reader> copies = new ArrayList<Reader>();
BufferedReader bufferedInput = new BufferedReader(reader);
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
String delimiter = System.getProperty("line.separator");
String line;
while ((line = bufferedInput.readLine()) != null) {
if (!buffer.toString().equals(""))
buffer.append(delimiter);
buffer.append(line);
}
close(bufferedInput);
for (int i = 0; i < cloneCOunt; i++) {
copies.add(new StringReader(buffer.toString()));
}
return copies;
}
public static void copy(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
try {
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int nrOfBytes = -1;
while ((nrOfBytes = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
out.write(buffer, 0, nrOfBytes);
}
out.flush();
} finally {
close(in);
close(out);
}
}
Full Example:
public class SampleTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String filePath = "C:/Yash/StackoverflowSSL.cer";
InputStream fileStream = new FileInputStream(new File(filePath) );
List<InputStream> bytesCopy = multiplyBytes(fileStream, 3);
for (Iterator<InputStream> iterator = bytesCopy.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
InputStream inputStream = (InputStream) iterator.next();
System.out.println("Byte Stream:"+ inputStream.available()); // Byte Stream:1784
}
printInputStream(bytesCopy.get(0));
//java.sql.Clob clob = ((Clob) getValue(sql)); - clob.getCharacterStream();
Reader stringReader = new StringReader("StringReader that reads Characters from the specified string.");
List<Reader> charsCopy = multiplyChars(stringReader, 3);
for (Iterator<Reader> iterator = charsCopy.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
Reader reader = (Reader) iterator.next();
System.out.println("Chars Stream:"+reader.read()); // Chars Stream:83
}
printReader(charsCopy.get(0));
}
// Reader, InputStream - Prints the contents of the reader to System.out.
public static void printReader(Reader reader) throws IOException {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(reader);
String s;
while ((s = br.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(s);
}
}
public static void printInputStream(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
printReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
}
// Closes an opened resource, catching any exceptions.
public static void close(Closeable resource) {
if (resource != null) {
try {
resource.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println(e);
}
}
}
}
