RFR 4358774: Add null InputStream and OutputStream

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Dec 8, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhalter at oracle.com> wrote:

> All previous suggested changes have been made in
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/4358774/webrev.03/
> 
> except for the possible change of name for the IS and OS nullStream() methods which awaits consensus.

As long as we’re still at it, given java.util.stream.Stream then

InputStream.nullInput()
OutputStream.nullOutput()
Reader.nullReader()
Writer.nullWriter()

might not be a bad alternative.

Thanks,

Brian