Re: [jruby-user] Reading binary Files

Would you mind clarifying your goal a little. Is it your intention to read
the bytes in a "streaming" fashion or is it OK to read the entire file in
memory as a byte[]?



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On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Roger Palma <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi there
> I am trying to read a binary file using Java's "FileInputStream" to
> later store it in HBase.
>
> My problem is the byte-array conversion needed to call the read-method:
>
> inFile = File.new("/home/roger/Downloads/test.jpg")
> inputStream = FileInputStream.new(inFile)
>
> length = inFile.length()
> buffer = ""
>
> inputStream.read(buffer)
>
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> You may find the entire code in the attachment.
>
> Thanks
> Roger
>
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/10139/test.rb
>
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