PipedCharacters.java Source code

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PipedReader;
import java.io.PipedWriter;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;

public class PipedCharacters extends Object {
    public static void writeStuff(Writer rawOut) {
        try {
            BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(rawOut);

            String[][] line = { { "Java", "Source", "and", "Support." } };

            for (int i = 0; i < line.length; i++) {
                String[] word = line[i];

                for (int j = 0; j < word.length; j++) {
                    out.write(word[j]);
                }

                out.newLine();
            }

            out.flush();
            out.close();
        } catch (IOException x) {
            x.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void readStuff(Reader rawIn) {
        try {
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(rawIn);

            String line;
            while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println("read line: " + line);
            }

            System.out.println("Read all data from the pipe");
        } catch (IOException x) {
            x.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            final PipedWriter out = new PipedWriter();

            final PipedReader in = new PipedReader(out);

            Runnable runA = new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    writeStuff(out);
                }
            };

            Thread threadA = new Thread(runA, "threadA");
            threadA.start();

            Runnable runB = new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    readStuff(in);
                }
            };

            Thread threadB = new Thread(runB, "threadB");
            threadB.start();
        } catch (IOException x) {
            x.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}