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Java copy part of InputStream to OutputStream


I have a file with 3236000 bytes and I want to read 2936000 from start and write to an OutputStream

InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file1);
OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file2);

AFunctionToCopy(is,os,0,2936000); /* a function or sourcecode to write input stream 0to2936000 bytes */

I can read and write byte by byte, but it's to slow (i think) from buffered reading How can do I copy it?


Solution

  • public static void copyStream(InputStream input, OutputStream output, long start, long end)
        throws IOException
    {
        for(int i = 0; i<start;i++) input.read(); // dispose of the unwanted bytes
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024]; // Adjust if you want
        int bytesRead;
        while ((bytesRead = input.read(buffer)) != -1 && bytesRead<=end) // test for EOF or end reached
        {
            output.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
        }
    }
    

    should work for you.