ProcessBuilder support for pipelines

Wed Jul 29 08:40:34 UTC 2015

Seems like a useful addition to me.
Stephen

On 28 July 2015 at 09:28, Chris Hegarty <chris.hegarty at oracle.com> wrote:
> I find this kinda cute. Seems like a reasonable addition to me.
>
> -Chris.
>
> On 27 Jul 2015, at 15:48, Roger Riggs <Roger.Riggs at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> On most operating systems, creating pipelines of processes is simple and direct.
>> That same function is missing from the Java Process support and can be provided by
>> java.lang.ProcessBuilder by enabling the pipes created for stdout to be
>> used for standard input when the processes are created.
>> Comments and feedback are appreciated on the prototype API and implementation.
>>
>> Javadoc:  java.lang.ProcessBuilder.startPipe:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/pipedoc/java/lang/ProcessBuilder.html#startPipe-java.lang.ProcessBuilder...-
>>
>> webrev prototype:
>>  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs//webrev-pipeline-8132394
>>
>> Thanks, Roger
>>
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