Convert OutputStream to byte[]

[Bignpsf]

Hi,
I�m trying to make a download of a zip file, and the return of the method that makes the zip is an ZipOutputStream, and the ServletOutputStream takes in it�s write() method an byte[], i�ve try to convert into an ByteArrayOutputStream but exception ClassCastException is raised.

please help!!!
cheers

[Joe Ess]

I think you are having trouble with the concept of streams in Java. Not unusual. Check here for a tutorial
In your case, what you want to do is create a ZipOutputStream by passing the ServletOutputStream instance to the ZipOutputStream's constructor. This will compress whatever you send to the client. Create a ZipEntry instance using the name of the file you want to compress and call putNextEntry() on the ZipOutputStream. Write your file to the ZipOutputStream, flush and close.