Github user anmolnar commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/pull/184#discussion_r194405375 --- Diff: src/java/main/org/apache/zookeeper/server/quorum/PrependableSocket.java --- @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +/** + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ + +package org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum; + +import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; +import java.io.IOException; +import java.io.InputStream; +import java.io.SequenceInputStream; +import java.net.Socket; +import java.net.SocketImpl; + +public class PrependableSocket extends Socket { --- End diff -- Master/3.5 branches have already been upgraded to Java 8. I don't see any barrier to use your proposal.
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