getting an inputStream on a file

[Erik Max Francis]

jano wrote:

> Is there a way to get a stream on a file, for methods that require a
> stream
> as input when I want to use a file as the input.

What do you mean by "stream" vs. "file"?  File objects have a simple
interface (.read and .write methods, etc.); an arbitrary "stream" could
implement this same interface and be usable wherever a file would be
appropriate.

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