On 9 Dec 2014, at 16:17, David M. Lloyd <david.ll...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 12/09/2014 09:47 AM, Pavel Rappo wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Could you please review my change for JDK-8066867? >> >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prappo/8066867/webrev.00/ > > In the NIO version of this method, it accepts a 'long' parameter which > indicates how many bytes should be transferred (similar to skip()). Is there > a reason not to do that here as well? This primary purpose of this method is to replace the boilerplate loop to read to EOF. There was a lengthly thread on this mailing list over the past week, or so, and the consensus has brought us to this API. My preference is to keep the API simple, and I think it covers intended use case. -Chris.
