The name “emptyStream()” was considered for InputStream and “discardingStream()” for OutputStream. It was thought that “null” or “empty” would be more likely to be found by developers due to familiarity. FWIW there is precedent in third party libraries for the “null” names.
Brian On Dec 6, 2017, at 11:11 AM, Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibb...@oracle.com> wrote: > "null" is a significant term in the Java ecosystem, and the relationship > here, to /dev/null or NUL seems somewhat tenuous. > > Have any other names been considered? At least for the InputStream, calling > it an "empty stream" seems more intuitive than a "null stream".
