How can I check if an InputStream is empty without reading from it?

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Published on 2009-10-06T08:32:08Z Indexed on 2010/03/15 6:49 UTC
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I want to know if an InputStreamn is empty, but without using the methods read(). Is there a way to know if it's empty without reading from it?

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