title: How can I get an Azure blob without downloading to a local file using Java?
body: <p>(For Azure for SDK 10) I'm able to download a file to memory, but I'd like to just download it to a blob or other local object. </p>
  
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  <li><p>There appears to be a download function for BlockBlobURL, but this returns a Single&lt;> object: is there a more direct way to just get the blob contents?</p></li>
  <li><p><a href="https://github.com/Azure-Samples/storage-blobs-java-v10-quickstart/blob/master/src/main/java/quickstart/Quickstart.java" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This</a> link describes downloading to file.</p></li>
  <li><p>I am looking for the Java equivalent of <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52530300/how-can-i-read-a-text-file-from-azure-blob-storage-directly-without-downloading">this</a>.</p></li>
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