I like the nullInputStream() nullOutputStream() as I would first search for those names, also nullReader() / nullWriter() seem to fit more than Sink/Source or Stream
-Patrick > Am 08.12.2017 um 19:38 schrieb Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhal...@oracle.com>: > > Patrick’s comment made us think again about the naming here as “nullStream()” > would not fit for eventual equivalent methods on Reader and Writer. It might > be better to go with something like > > InputStream InputStream.nullSource(); > OutputStream.nullSink(); > > and later > > Reader.nullSource(); > Writer.nullSink(); > > Another alternative would be simply to reflect the class names in the methods: > > InputStream InputStream.nullInputStream(); > OutputStream.nullOutputStream(); > > and later > > Reader.nullReader(); > Writer.nullWriter(); > > Comments? > > Thanks, > > Brian > > On Dec 6, 2017, at 12:36 PM, Patrick Reinhart <patr...@reini.net> wrote: > >> Is there also a issue for the same kind of methods for Reader and Writer? >
