Java tutorial
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(); } } }