[CODEC-8] REQ: Streaming codecs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.x

Environment

Operating System: All
Platform: All

• Bugzilla Id: 19882
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sergei S. Ivanov
• Created: 13/May/03 14:50
• Updated: 23/Jan/11 06:03
• Resolved: 23/Jan/11 06:03

Description

I would really appreciate if, for example, Base64 encoder could operate on
streams. One reason is that it's much easier to attach ByteArrayInputStream to
an array of bytes that to copy a byte array into a stream. The other reason is
greater flexibility, given by the streams.

I'd suggest creating a pair of new interfaces:

public interface StreamingDecoder implements Decoder {

public void decode(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws DecoderException;
}

public interface StreamingEncoder implements Encoder {

public void encode(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws EncoderException;
}

Base64 and Hex will then be able to implement these interfaces.

Issue Links

• incorporates: CODEC-69 Streaming Base64