I am not sure about trade offs, but i can tell you it makes no difference to the speed or efficiency because if you buffer a buffered stream, the external buffer would have no work to do cos the internal one does it all. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard O. Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Java Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:41 PM Subject: [Juglist] buffers on buffers?
> Is double buffering ever a good idea? > > Here are two lines of code from a class of mine: > InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream( socket.getInputStream(), 1024 ); > BufferedReader smtpCommandLineReader = new BufferedReader(new > InputStreamReader(in)); > > Is it good, or is it stupid, to build a BufferedReader with a > BufferedInputStream? Why? Are there underlying tradeoffs? > > Thanks, > Rich Hammer > > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > > _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
