What the hell is "specialized IO"? Someone makes these terms up and then people think they have meaning. Compression is definitely not a specialized aspect of IO. Compression is critical to handling IO well and belongs in an IO package.
On 6/18/06, C. Grobmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 +1 to put this in Compress. I really don't get the point why this should be in IO. As Martin said, i see compress as specialized IO. For me it would be also OK if IO would depend on compress. in my latest draft is allready a CompressUtils class where it would fit perfectly :-) regards, chris. Torsten Curdt wrote: >> re:but AFAIK zip and jar share the same compression algorithm anyway. >> >> The algorithms are similar but not the same. > > Educated me ...Jar*putStream extends Zip*putStream and I have never > come across a jar I could not unzip with the usual zip command. > >> re:...and then add a methods for bzip2, compress and gzip, too? See >> where I >> am heading? Better let's have a CompressUtils in compress. >> >> Compress doesn't work with files while IO does. On the other hand IO >> doesn't >> work with compression while Compress does ;-) >> I think it would be good idea to add compress to IO :-) > > It has been removed from there because it was mixing concerns IIRC. > > Getting from File to FileInputStream is easy and no reason to add > compression algorithms to IO. > > cheers > -- > Torsten > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - -- Christian Grobmeier Possessed Management Hurlacher Str. 5 - 86853 Langerringen - Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobil: +(49)(0)175 57 66830 Fax: +(49) (0)8232 959119 Web: http://www.possessed.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFElYfkkv8rKBUE/T4RAseWAJ4tE6gNI9YVWsWBVAFdr05CJ5KPQwCeJeRR fj3SY+DTd0E0HusGSn+snu8= =1GWN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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