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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:19:27 +0530
From: "Nikunj Trivedi" <nicks.trivedi@gmail.com>
To: dev@commons.apache.org
Subject: [PATCH][commons-io] Added method for getting InputStream from
 ByteArrayOutputStream & IOUtils avoiding unnecessary array allocation and
 copy
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Hi All,

I have created a Patch having two methods and test cases for both, as
explained below. Any Comments ?

1) New Method: ByteArrayOutputStream.toInputStream
ByteArrayOutputStream exposes its byte buffers by toByteArray(), which
creates a fresh buffer and copy existing data to it.
A new method toInputStream() available in patch returns the current contents
of baos, as an InputStream, avoiding unnecessary allocation and copying.

2) New Method: IOUtils.toFullyBufferedInputStream
There are situations where the InputStream source is available and it has to
be passed to different modules for processing.
It is needed to fetch the full contents of the InputStream in internal
buffer(IOUtils.toByteArray() ), convert this buffer to ByteArrayInputStream
and use that stream instead. But this is wasteful since toByteArray()
requires one fresh allocation and copy operation. BufferedInputStream may
not be used since 1) We want FULL buffer, 2) We dont know the size in
advance.

New method copies InputStream to ByteArrayOutputStream and returns
baos.toInputStream(), avoiding unnecessary memory allocation and copy.

Testcases are available in respective classes.


Regards
Nikunj Trivedi

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