StringInputStream.java

/* This file is part of VoltDB.
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 VoltDB L.L.C.
 *
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package org.voltdb.utils;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.StringReader;

/**
 * Create an <code>InputStream</code> from a Java string so it can
 * be used where <code>InputStream</code>s are needed, like in XML parsers.
 *
 */
public class StringInputStream extends InputStream {
    StringReader sr;

    /**
     * Create the stream from a string.
     * @param value The string value to turn into an InputStream.
     */
    public StringInputStream(String value) { sr = new StringReader(value); }

    /**
     * Read a single byte from the stream (string).
     */
    public int read() throws IOException { return sr.read(); }
}