> On Dec 6, 2017, at 11:11 AM, Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibb...@oracle.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "null" is a significant term in the Java ecosystem, and the relationship
>> here, to /dev/null or NUL seems somewhat tenuous.
>>
>> Have any other names been considered? At least for the InputStream, calling
>> it an "empty stream" seems more intuitive than a "null stream".
Jon, I think there's an established name for this kind of objects:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_object_pattern
> On 6 Dec 2017, at 22:28, Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhal...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> The name “emptyStream()” was considered for InputStream and
> “discardingStream()” for OutputStream. It was thought that “null” or “empty”
> would be more likely to be found by developers due to familiarity. FWIW there
> is precedent in third party libraries for the “null” names.
>
> Brian
+1
