RE: [collections] BlockingBuffer and TimeoutBuffer

2005-11-22 Thread James Carman
, November 22, 2005 4:28 PM To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: Re: [collections] BlockingBuffer and TimeoutBuffer I believe that 0 is what the JDK uses in Object.wait(long) for an infinite wait. A negative number would also mean infinite. Stephen James Carman wrote: > Stephen, >

Re: [collections] BlockingBuffer and TimeoutBuffer

2005-11-22 Thread Stephen Colebourne
I believe that 0 is what the JDK uses in Object.wait(long) for an infinite wait. A negative number would also mean infinite. Stephen James Carman wrote: Stephen, I don't know about using 0 to indicate that it's a wait forever situation. A negative number would be better for that, wouldn't yo

RE: [collections] BlockingBuffer and TimeoutBuffer

2005-11-22 Thread James Carman
Stephen, I don't know about using 0 to indicate that it's a wait forever situation. A negative number would be better for that, wouldn't you say? A 0 would mean that you don't want to wait at all (of course, why would you use BlockingBuffer if you're going to supply a 0). James -Original Me