I’m using an API that requires a java.io.File as input, but I’d like to just send the API a byte array. Is there a way to create a File object that will read from my byte array rather than from disk?
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I’m using an API that requires a java.io.File as input, but I’d like to just send the API a byte array. Is there a way to create a File object that will read from my byte array rather than from disk?
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Filedoes not read anything. It represents a file (or directory) object in the Operating System (or virtual file, etc.). To read from it, you wil have to create Readers or Streams, which the API will do on its own. If the API does not provide methods to pass in a Reader or InputStream, you are out of luck.