On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhalter@oracle.com> wrote:
On Dec 8, 2017, at 10:52 AM, David Lloyd <david.lloyd@redhat.com> wrote:
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhalter@oracle.com> wrote:
Patrick’s comment made us think again about the naming here as “nullStream()” would not fit for eventual equivalent methods on Reader and Writer. It might be better to go with something like
InputStream InputStream.nullSource(); OutputStream.nullSink();
and later
Reader.nullSource(); Writer.nullSink();
Another alternative would be simply to reflect the class names in the methods:
InputStream InputStream.nullInputStream(); OutputStream.nullOutputStream();
and later
Reader.nullReader(); Writer.nullWriter();
I for one prefer this alternative; it's very clear and unambiguous. The second one?
Yes, sorry. -- - DML