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Dakota Jack wrote: > 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: > +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 >> - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFElnG3kv8rKBUE/T4RAozeAJ9z0ZG49GhO5nEa9936UsabsHaGLACeKIZO hNU+IOwz/IpUji5jt8j1e18= =s47f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
