[brailleblaster] Re: byte arrays versus strings
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:29:09 -0600
Laura,
As I see it, your code should be written for generality, so it can be
used to calll other command-line filters. The input and output streams
should therefore be strings.
Another part of your code might take a stream containing a MathML
fragment and convert it to a JDOM subtree. This code might be useful in
other parts of BrailleBlaster, so it should also be generalized.
Hope this helps,
John B.
On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 07:25:06PM -0600, qubit wrote:
> Ok, this is where I need JohnB's expertise with characters and byte strings.
> Of course, anyone else can chime in too.
>
> I have a buffered stream going from brailleblaster to the input of process
> just spawned, and 2 streams coming back for standard error and standard out.
>
> I will be managing the pipes in a class constructor / finalizer.
> My question is, in the docs for the input and output streams in java.io,
> there are subclasses that manage byte arrays and subclasses that do just
> character strings.
> My class will provide you with a read and a write method. Should I just
> assume that everything that goes over the pipe is a character stream, or are
> there cases where I can't assume that?
>
> Should this be a character stream or a byte stream?
> Should I use threads that handle the input and output on these streams?
>
> I am trying to get all my "ducks in a row" as a family member likes to say.
> Any comments are welcome.
> --le
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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