org.apache.droids.helper
Class Streams

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.droids.helper.Streams

public class Streams
extends Object

Helper class for the low level treatment of bytes and streams. Principal usage is to receive a copy of an input stream.

Method Summary

static byte[]	streamCopy(InputStream in) Reads all bytes from the given input stream and returns the result in an array.
static byte[]	streamCopy(InputStream in, int size) Reads the specified number of bytes from the given input stream and returns the result in an array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

streamCopy

public static byte[] streamCopy(InputStream in)
                         throws IOException

Reads all bytes from the given input stream and returns the result in an array.

Parameters:

in - the input stream to read the bytes from

Returns:

the byte content of the input stream

Throws:

IOException - in case of errors in the underlying java.io methods used

streamCopy

public static byte[] streamCopy(InputStream in,
                                int size)
                         throws IOException

Reads the specified number of bytes from the given input stream and returns the result in an array.

Parameters:

in - the input stream to read the bytes from

size - the number of bytes to read

Returns:

the byte content read from the input stream

Throws:

IOException - in case of errors in the underlying java.io methods used