On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 9:38 AM Bruno P. Kinoshita <ki...@apache.org> wrote:
> Is it equivalent to JDK 11 Writer#nullWriter? > > > https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/io/Writer.html#nullWriter() > > If so I'm -0, not a blocker, but I have on a Python project for about 1 > year, catching up with the language and libraries, and lost track of JVM > release dates, EOL. But I think Java 11 will be LTS, and maybe others will > update to it quickly? > We get push back on updating from Java 7 to 8 (see Commons IO), so Java 11? Not in a long while... Gary > > > But if it's not doing the same as Writer#nullWriter, +0 (I don't have a > use case for it, but sounds OK/useful to others) > > > CheersBruno > > On Saturday, 25 May 2019, 12:49:45 am NZST, Gary Gregory < > garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All: > > We have a handy NullOutputStream. > > I'd like to add a convenience NullPrintStream, which would dead simple: > > /** > * This PrintStream writes all data to the famous <b>/dev/null</b>. > * <p> > * This print stream has no destination (file/socket etc.) and all bytes > written to it are ignored and lost. > * </p> > * @since 2.7 > */ > public class NullPrintStream extends PrintStream { > > public static final NullPrintStream NULL_PRINT_STREAM = new > NullPrintStream(); > > @SuppressWarnings("resource") > public NullPrintStream() { > super(new NullOutputStream()); > } > > } > > Any objections? > > Gary >
