ByteArrayInputStream b_input = source_object.getContent();
 
// how can I set the content of my target_object to the content of my source_object
target_object.setContent(<it accepts a ByteArrayOutputStream>)

import java.io.*;
 
public class BAM{
 
 
	public static void main(String... args){
 
		// dummy bytes to manipulate
		byte myBytes[] =
		{
			( (1 << 2) + (1 << 3) ), // 2^2 + 2^3 = 12 --  1100
			( (1 << 4) + (1 << 2) ), // 2^4 + 2^2 = 20 -- 10100
			( (1 << 2) + (1 << 0) )  // 2^2 + 2^0 = 5  --   101
		};
 
		ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(myBytes);
 
		System.out.println("Bytes left in inputstream = " + bais.available()); // displays the available bytes in this stream
 
		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
		System.out.println("writing information to outputstream, read from input stream");
		while(bais.available() != 0){
			baos.write(bais.read());
			try{Thread.sleep(500); System.out.print(".");}catch(Throwable t){}
		}
 
		System.out.println("Bytes left in inputstream = " + bais.available());
		// displays the available bytes after writing the read bytes into the output stream
 
		System.out.println(baos); // displaying the information written to the output stream - should be displayed as chars
 
		System.out.println(
			(char)(byte)(new Byte((byte)12)) + "  " +
			(char)(byte)(new Byte((byte)20)) + "  " +
			(char)(byte)(new Byte((byte)5))); // proof that the information was written to the stream as bytes but displayed as chars
	}
}