StreamGobbler.java

package edu.stanford.nlp.util;

import java.io.*;

/**
 * Reads the output of a process started by Process.exec()
 *
 * Adapted from:
 *
 * http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t130884-process-runtimeexec-causes-subprocess-hang.html
 *
 * @author pado
 *
 */

public class StreamGobbler extends Thread {

  InputStream is;
  Writer outputFileHandle;
  boolean shouldRun = true;


  public StreamGobbler (InputStream is, Writer outputFileHandle) {
    this.is = is;
    this.outputFileHandle = outputFileHandle;
    this.setDaemon(true);
  }

  public void kill() {
    this.shouldRun = false;
  }

  public void run() {

    try {
      InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader (is);
      BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader (isr);

      String s = null;
      //noinspection ConstantConditions
      while (s == null && shouldRun) {
        while ( (s = br.readLine()) != null ) {
          outputFileHandle.write(s);
          outputFileHandle.write("\n");
        }
        Thread.sleep(1000);
      }

      isr.close();
      br.close();
      outputFileHandle.flush();
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      System.out.println ("Problem reading stream :"+is.getClass().getCanonicalName()+ " "+ ex);
      ex.printStackTrace ();
    }

  }

}