How to put data from an OutputStream into a ByteBuffer?

Question

In Java I need to put content from an OutputStream (I fill data to that stream myself) into a ByteBuffer. How to do it in a simple way?

Answer 1

You say you're writing to this stream yourself? If so, maybe you could implement your own ByteBufferOutputStream and plug n' play.

The base class would look like so:

public class ByteBufferOutputStream extends OutputStream {
    //protected WritableByteChannel wbc; //if you need to write directly to a channel
    protected static int bs = 2 * 1024 * 1024; //2MB buffer size, change as needed
    protected ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(bs);

    public ByteBufferOutputStream(...) {
        //wbc = ... //again for writing to a channel
    }

    @Override
    public void write(int i) throws IOException {
        if (!bb.hasRemaining()) flush();
        byte b = (byte) i;
        bb.put(b);
    }

    @Override
    public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
        if (bb.remaining() < len) flush();
        bb.put(b, off, len);
    }

    /* do something with the buffer when it's full (perhaps write to channel?)
    @Override
    public void flush() throws IOException {
        bb.flip();
        wbc.write(bb);
        bb.clear();
    }

    @Override
    public void close() throws IOException {
        flush();
        wbc.close();
    }
    /*
}