On Dec 8, 2017, at 10:52 AM, David Lloyd <david.ll...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Brian Burkhalter > <brian.burkhal...@oracle.com> wrote: >> Patrick’s comment made us think again about the naming here as >> “nullStream()” would not fit for eventual equivalent methods on Reader and >> Writer. It might be better to go with something like >> >> InputStream InputStream.nullSource(); >> OutputStream.nullSink(); >> >> and later >> >> Reader.nullSource(); >> Writer.nullSink(); >> >> Another alternative would be simply to reflect the class names in the >> methods: >> >> InputStream InputStream.nullInputStream(); >> OutputStream.nullOutputStream(); >> >> and later >> >> Reader.nullReader(); >> Writer.nullWriter(); > > I for one prefer this alternative; it's very clear and unambiguous. The second one? Thanks, Brian
