java.io.Inputs and java.io.Ouputs

[Mark Thornton]

Rémi Forax wrote:
>>> - readAllLines should be lazy, i.e. returns an Iterable<String>,
>>>  its iterator should close the stream when hasNext() return false.
>>>  I think Python already do something like that.
>> I don't think this is feasible here. There is no guarantee that the 
>> user will iterate to the end (due to an exception for example). Also, 
>> there is no guarantee that the source will remain accessible. For 
>> example, somebody might want to read all the lines from a text file 
>> and delete the file immediately. Also, if the InputStream is to a 
>> network resource (a http connection for example) then I/O would need 
>> to be exposed by the iterator.
> I suppose we have to wait closures :)

You consider an interface like

interface LineFilter {
      appendLine(CharSequence s);
}

and then readAllLines(LineFilter f);
BufferedWriter could implement the interface.

Mark Thornton