Setting and resetting stdout

Hi,

I'd like to temporarily redirect IO fron within java code. The redirecting part is easy enough using System.setOut(printStream) but the lack of a corresponding System.getOut( ) is keeping me from restoring the old value. In other words, I want to do this:

PrintStream newOut = ...

PrintStream oldOut = System.getOut( );

System.setOut(newOut);

// Write a bunch of stuff to the new stdout

// Restore the old value

System.setOut(oldOut);

but of course, can't, becasue there is no System.getOut( ). I'm sure there is a simple solutin here, but I'm not seeing it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance.

-exits

[697 byte] By [ExitsFunnela] at [2007-11-27 11:20:28]