I have
previously
questioned the what seem like weird method names in Java’s newish
ProcessBuilder
API.
It turns out
that its not-newish-at-all close personal friend
Process
is little strange too: it has getOutputStream and getInputStream
which respectively get you pipes to the process’ standard input and
output. Data comes out of the Process and you want an
InputStream, so it has to be getInputStream.
But how can getOutput get you the input while
getError gets you the error?
OK, call me anal, I can take it.
But I’m writing a class right now kinda like
Process, and I simply absolutely can’t bring myself to call the input
the output and vice versa. So I have getTaskInput,
getTaskOutput, and getTaskError, which produce
output, input, and input streams respectively.
We all have to deal with the confusing nature of reality in our own ways.
