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 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package org.openehealth.ipf.platform.camel.core.io;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * A {@link ByteArrayOutputStream} that allows the creation of an
 * {@link InputStream} from its internal byte array representation.
 * 
 * @author Martin Krasser
 */
public class ReadableByteArrayOutputStream extends ByteArrayOutputStream {

    /**
     * Returns an {@link InputStream} from this stream's internal byte array
     * representation.
     * 
     * @return an input stream to read from.
     * 
     * @see #toByteArray()
     */
    public InputStream inputStream() {
        return new ByteArrayInputStream(toByteArray());
    }
    
}
