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How to initialize byte array

807598Oct 29 2006 — edited Oct 29 2006

Hi,

I want to do :

byte[] byteArray = null;

someInputStream.read(byteArray);

But I get a NullPointerException from byteArray being null. So I changed it to:

byte[] byteArray;

someInputStream.read(byteArray);

But my IDE ( Eclipse ) won't let me compile saying the variable byteArray has not been initialized.

What I want to do is create a byte array that can be used by the read method. How do I do this ?
One more question, can I do this without knowing the size of the array before hand ?

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