diff -r 9f0b95aafaa3 -r ed84c8bdd87b src/org/sonews/util/io/ArticleInputStream.java
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+++ b/src/org/sonews/util/io/ArticleInputStream.java	Sun Aug 29 17:28:58 2010 +0200
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.util.io;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import org.sonews.storage.Article;
+
+/**
+ * Capsulates an Article to provide a raw InputStream.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public class ArticleInputStream extends InputStream
+{
+
+  private byte[] buf;
+  private int    pos = 0;
+  
+  public ArticleInputStream(final Article art)
+    throws IOException, UnsupportedEncodingException
+  {
+    final ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    out.write(art.getHeaderSource().getBytes("UTF-8"));
+    out.write("\r\n\r\n".getBytes());
+    out.write(art.getBody()); // Without CRLF
+    out.flush();
+    this.buf = out.toByteArray();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method reads one byte from the stream.  The <code>pos</code>
+   * counter is advanced to the next byte to be read.  The byte read is
+   * returned as an int in the range of 0-255.  If the stream position
+   * is already at the end of the buffer, no byte is read and a -1 is
+   * returned in order to indicate the end of the stream.
+   *
+   * @return The byte read, or -1 if end of stream
+   */
+  @Override
+  public synchronized int read()
+  {
+    if(pos < buf.length)
+    {
+      return ((int)buf[pos++]) & 0xFF;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      return -1;
+    }
+  }
+  
+}