Convert a StreamWriter to an OutputStream in java ?

I am trying to redirect System.out into a String using System.setOut, which takes a PrintStream. Is there any way to convert a StringWriter into a Stream so that I can pass it to setOut?

From stackoverflow

• You can't do that exactly, since StringWriter is a Writer, not a Stream. But you can do this:

  // create a ByteArray stream, which will be wrapped by a PrintStream
  ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
  PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(baos);
  System.setOut(ps);
  
  // print whatever you got
  String result = baos.toString();
  

  toolkit : +1 - plus deleted my duplicate post