Tracking https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-608
Gary On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:29 AM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > >
