RFR 4358774: Add null InputStream and OutputStream

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Dec 8, 2017, at 10:52 AM, David Lloyd <david.lloyd at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Brian Burkhalter
> <brian.burkhalter at 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?

Thanks,

Brian