Is there a simple and safe way to convert a PrintWriter into a PrintStream?

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Is there a clean and simple way to convert an instance of java.io.PrintWriter into a java.io.PrintStream?

PrintWriter is intended as a replacement for PrintStream. If you can you should use a PrintWriter. — Peter Lawrey, Nov 24 '10 at 15:25

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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First obtain an OutputStream from the Writer. See this question

Then pass it as argument to the PrintStream constructor:

OutputStream os = new WriterOutputStream(writer);
PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(os);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Nov 24 '10 at 15:22

Bozho

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Unfortunately the code linked in that question is copyright, and therefore not suitable for my needs. I'm happy to accept that I need to implement this myself. – Armand Nov 24 '10 at 15:34
that should not be a problem. It is "Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0". I'd bet you are using a number of thus-licensed libraries already – Bozho Nov 24 '10 at 15:35

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