在多线程中,会涉及到I/O相关的操作。这时会用到输入输出流:PipedOutputStream-PipedInputStream Pair 或者PipedWriter-PipedReader Pair。
当Pipe处于空的状态时,read-thread会block,然后等待write-thread写入新内容;当Pipe处于写满的状态时,write-thread会block,然后等待read-thread读出内容。下面举个简单例子:
public static void write(Writer rawOut) {
try {
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(rawOut);
String[] line = {"this","is","a","thread","simple."};
for (int i = 0; i < line.length; i++) {
if(i>0){out.write(" ");}
out.write(line[i]);
}
}
out.flush();
out.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void read(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 pipe finished");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
final PipedWriter out = new PipedWriter();
final PipedReader in = new PipedReader(out);
Runnable ra = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
write(out);
}
};
Thread ta = new Thread(ra, "threadA");
ta.start();
Runnable rb = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
read(in);
}
};
Thread tb = new Thread(rb, "threadB");
tb.start();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}