> It is accomplished under "jakarta-commons-sandbox/codec-multipart".
> 
> > (2) Can we agree on /what/ streamable codecs are (sorry but 
> I like to 
> > point out the obvious when starting something like this). Recognize 
> > the current impls alternatives.
> > 
> 
> Yes sorry, I think there are two ideas running around here:
> 
> (a) Actual "inline" Stream Encoders/Decoders (SSL etc). that 
> require no 
> knowledge of the length of the content. Probibly extend 
> "FilterOutputStreams" etc.
> 
> (b) Encoders/Decoders that actually work by passing thier content 
> through streaming to manage larger amounts of data 
> efficently. Data for 
> which the length is probibly already known (Files). An 
> interface which 
> supports handing objects and Streams manages this:

Can you give some examples of algorithms where the length needs to be
known in advance?

My code may break horribly with such an algorithm :-(


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