Hm - it is indeed a little misleading. So I am +0 for an inclusion.
Is a stream based implementation of 7z somewhat feasible - at least in
theory?

cheers,
Torsten


On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> over this weekend I added 7z support to the compress antlib which I also
> like to use as a second testbed for Commons Compress - I even found a
> bug for archives that only contain empty directories.
>
> The antlib is based on the interface provided by Archive*Stream even
> when it is not using any streams at all, so I added
> SevenZ(In|Out)putStreams that only work on files and delegate all calls
> to the corresponding SevenZ(Out)File[1].  They are no streams at all.
>
> Would those classes be useful inside of Commons Compress or should they
> better be kept out as they'd promise more than they can hold?
>
> [1]
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/antlibs/compress/trunk/src/main/org/apache/ant/compress/util/SevenZStreamFactory.java
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
>
>

Reply via email to