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package au.gov.ga.earthsci.worldwind.common.util;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* Helper class that reads from an {@link InputStream} on a separate thread,
* discarding all data.
*
* @author Michael de Hoog (michael.dehoog@ga.gov.au)
*/
public class InputStreamGobbler
{
/**
* Create a daemon thread that reads and discards all data from the given
* {@link InputStream}.
*
* @param is
*/
public InputStreamGobbler(final InputStream is)
{
Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable()
{
@Override
public void run()
{
byte[] text = new byte[1024];
try
{
while (is.read(text) >= 0)
;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
thread.setDaemon(true);
thread.start();
}
}