InputStream close()?

[Bradley Smith]

Ben Hinkle wrote:
> "Bradley Smith" <digitalmars-com at baysmith.com> wrote in message 
> news:e6stsf$31he$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>> Is there some reason why the InputStream interface does not have a close() 
>> method?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>   Bradley
> 
> I vaguely recalling poking around with adding one but it would conflict with 
> OutputStream's close(). Creating a Closeable interface - this is where I 
> can't remember the details - ended up requiring all Stream classes to be 
> declared as Closeable. Or something like that. It's worth giving it another 
> shot for sure.
> 
> 

You can't have two interfaces with the same method? I haven't tried it 
yet, but since both InputStream and OutputStream are both interfaces, I 
assumed that it would not cause a conflict.

How does one design complex systems if interfaces conflict so easily?

Thanks,
   Bradley