> Am 28.11.2014 um 20:15 schrieb Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net>: > > Am Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:09:11 +0000 > schrieb Pavel Rappo <pavel.ra...@oracle.com>: > >> I'm happy with any tool which is capable of "usages search". >> Configured IDE is a good choice. > > What usage would you actually search in the OpenJDK code base? > > I think it is not very representative to search for usage in the JDK > code base even if it would be possible. However you can use for commons > IO or Guava. Both have those helpers. (Which initself might be > justification enough - the question is only pro or con including it in > JCL :) > > Gruss > Bernd
When looking at the guava library there seems to be no need for copy method that is able to pass in a separate byte array or CharBuffer. It would make more sense to have also a copy channels method on the existing java.nio.channels.Channels class instead. In all the projects I have worked on, there was always the point of having to either implement my own copy methods or use a certain library (for mostly only using the copy methods). Having said that, it seems to be a natural fit. Also when looking on the java.nio.files.Files class for copying with source or target Path’s it makes even more sense. -Patrick
