sebbASF commented on code in PR #497:
URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-io/pull/497#discussion_r1368468564


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src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/TrailerInputStream.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.io.input;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Reads the underlying input stream while holding back the trailer.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * "Normal" read calls read the underlying stream except the last few bytes 
(the trailer). The
+ * trailer is updated with each read call. The trailer can be gotten by one of 
the copyTrailer
+ * overloads.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * It is safe to fetch the trailer at any time but the trailer will change 
with each read call
+ * until the underlying stream is EOF.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * Useful, e.g., for handling checksums: payload is followed by a fixed size 
hash, so while
+ * streaming the payload the trailer finally contains the expected hash (this 
example needs
+ * extra caution to revert actions when the final checksum match fails).
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * No mark/reset support.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * Not thread-safe. If accessed by multiple threads concurrently, external 
synchronization is
+ * necessary.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public final class TrailerInputStream extends InputStream {
+
+    // Extending FilterInputStream or ProxyInputStream would save overriding
+    // * close, and
+    // * available
+    // but would require to override
+    // * mark,
+    // * reset, and
+    // * markSupported.
+    // So, there is no benefit in extending FilterInputStream or 
ProxyInputStream over InputStream
+    // as mark/reset is not supported by this implementation.
+
+    // The current implementation is incompatible with mark/reset as it 
doesn't track which bytes are
+    // already read and which ones are new. This tracking would be necessary 
to not overwrite the
+    // trailer with earlier bytes in the source stream. Remember that the 
trailer is not meant to
+    // contain the last read bytes but the last bytes in the stream (which 
differs when using reset
+    // to jump to an earlier position of the source stream).
+
+    private final  InputStream source;
+    /**
+     * Invariant: After every method call which exited without exception, the 
trailer has to be
+     * completely filled.
+     */
+    private final byte[] trailer;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the TrailerInputStream and initializes the trailer buffer.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Reads exactly {@code trailerLength} bytes from {@code source}.
+     * </p>
+     * 
+     * @param source underlying stream from which is read.
+     * @param trailerLength the length of the trailer which is hold back (must 
be &gt;= 0).
+     * @throws IOException initializing the trailer buffer failed.
+     */
+    public TrailerInputStream(final InputStream source, final int 
trailerLength)
+            throws IOException {
+        if (trailerLength < 0) {

Review Comment:
   I don't see the point of allowing a zero-length trailer
   
   Also, it probably make sense to have an upper limit.



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