Java: accessing a List of Strings as an InputStream

Question

Is there any way InputStream wrapping a list of UTF-8 String? I\'d like to do something like:

InputStream in = new XyzInputStream( List         


        

Answer 1

you can also do this way create a Serializable List

List quarks = Arrays.asList(
      "up", "down", "strange", "charm", "top", "bottom"
    );

//serialize the List
//note the use of abstract base class references

try{
  //use buffering
  OutputStream file = new FileOutputStream( "quarks.ser" );
  OutputStream buffer = new BufferedOutputStream( file );
  ObjectOutput output = new ObjectOutputStream( buffer );
  try{
    output.writeObject(quarks);
  }
  finally{
    output.close();
  }
}  
catch(IOException ex){
  fLogger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Cannot perform output.", ex);
}

//deserialize the quarks.ser file
//note the use of abstract base class references

try{
  //use buffering
  InputStream file = new FileInputStream( "quarks.ser" );
  InputStream buffer = new BufferedInputStream( file );
  ObjectInput input = new ObjectInputStream ( buffer );
  try{
    //deserialize the List
    List recoveredQuarks = (List)input.readObject();
    //display its data
    for(String quark: recoveredQuarks){
      System.out.println("Recovered Quark: " + quark);
    }
  }
  finally{
    input.close();
  }
}
catch(ClassNotFoundException ex){
  fLogger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Cannot perform input. Class not found.", ex);
}
catch(IOException ex){
  fLogger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Cannot perform input.", ex);
}