Library enhancement proposal for copying data from/to Reader/Writer InputStream/OutputStream

[Patrick Reinhart]

Hi Paul,

Attached a patch containing my complete proposed code including tests.

Patrick



> Am 24.11.2014 um 18:03 schrieb Patrick Reinhart <patrick at reini.net>:
> 
> Well I will then suggest using IOUtils with two simple methods:
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> public static long copy(InputStream source, OutputStream target)
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> public static long copy(Readable source, Appendable target)
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> 
>>>> 
>>>> To speed things along for now i recommend creating a new class say IOUtils or preferably ByteStreams. 
>>> 
>>> Hmm, in the case of Reader/Writer ByteStreams seams to be a bit confusing for me, should then the reader copy stuff go to also a separate class like „CharStreams“. Locally I created an implementation named „IOUtils“ containing a copy method for InputStream to OutputStream.
>>> 
>> 
>> Pick the one you prefer so we don't rat hole down the naming abyss :-)
>> 
>> Pavel, your point about the overload with j.u.stream.Stream is a reasonable one (I am not too concerned by it myself). I hope one day in the future we can have Stream<int> :-)
>> 
>> Paul.
> 
> Patrick