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Version History:

 1.0 1997-12-17

 1.1 1997-12-22 uses layouts
                generates BufferedReader.ReadLine()

 1.2 1998-01-02 handles URLConnection
                handle append
                handle autoflush
                handle buffered on all types

 1.3 1998-01-03 internal reorganisation
                O P E N comments
                consistent short variable naming conventions.
                StringBuilder renamed to String
                Buffered now applies to all file types
                RandomAccessFile

 1.4 1998-01-04 make into both application and applet
                change reference to LEDataInputStream

 1.5 1998-01-08 warnings about applets and writing URLs.

 1.6 1998-01-09 reference to availability of LERandomAccessFile
                change way LERandomAccess constructor works

 1.7 1998-01-12 add Sockets
                remove connect out URL output. -
                simplify interface to HowToProcess by making all methods static.

 1.8 1998-01-13 add Pipes

 1.9 1998-01-13 minor changes on how buffered handled
                fix erroneous deprecated comment.
                add readLine to more places.

 2.0 1998-01-17 GZIPOutputStream support

 2.1 1998-01-20 code to analyse a URL
                code to flush

 2.2 1998-03-22 add ByteArrayInputStream ByteArrayOutputStream.
                redo code to check for supported cases.
                expectExceptions
                expectExceptionOnFlush expectExceptionOnClose computed as you go rather than
                trying to figure it out all in once place.

 2.3 1998-04-13 single character read for BufferedReader.

 2.4 1998-05-08 no url connect() on output.
                Activator HTML
                Compile on Symantec VC 2.5
                SlickEdit code tidy

 2.5 1998-06-24 add Javadoc.

 2.6 1998-11-10 new address and phone.

 2.7 1998-12-14 switch to jar file.
                use new colour scheme.
                check JVM version

 2.8 1998-12-28 add sample HTML and BAT file.

 2.9 1999-09-02 URLConnection.getContentLength

 3.0 1999-09-03 warning about URL uploads.
                put connect back
                harmless if already connected.

 3.1 1999-09-07 read/write get/post HTTP CGI

 3.2 1999-10-08 support for encoding

 3.3 1999-10-12 references to where to get ledatastream and
                FileTransfer

 3.4 1999-10-21 warning about Netscape

 3.5 1999-10-22 stronger warning about Netscape

 3.6 2001-02-05 warning about readLine demanding a final \n

 3.7 2001-03-07 better fileio.use file.

 3.8 2002-02-15 use of .finish in compression.
                rename variables to better fit Sun conventions.
                variable Source/Target label
                that tracks read/write. label "Data Type"

 3.9 2002-02-20 warning on pipes they are for inter-thread
                communication only.

 4.0 2002-04-04 package name now lower case
                fitting Sun conventions

 4.1 2002-04-19 replace term ASCII with accurate wordings
                throughout.
                autoflush for pipes and sockets. - rename all datatypes
                for greater clarity.

 4.2 2003-05-19 better spacing.
                Notes about Serialisation.
                notes about -1 bytesRead means EOF.

 4.3 2003-05-26 note about missing readLine method in unbuffered
                Readers.

 4.4 2003-05-27 Dropped all Exception catching for simplicity.
                Redid code using StringBuilders instead of concatenation.
                use of readEverything for HttpURLConnections.

 4.5 2004-05-04 add HEAD and turn off keep-alive

 4.6 2004-06-09 warnings about read not giving all bytes/chars you ask
                for in one go.
                add version check safety add about box tidier add code.

 4.7 2004-07-21 use UTF-8 instead of Cp437 as example encoding.

 4.8 2005-06-24 notes on safety of bad line separators in Reader files.
                parameterised RELEASE_DATE.

 4.9 2005-11-30 add User-Agent and setRequestMethod to URL GET

 5.0 2006-01-04 add warnings about readUTF and writeUTF.

 5.1 2006-03-05

 5.2 2007-07-12 add reference to com.mindprod.http package.
                convert to JDK 1.5 and Swing
                use of enum
                pass IntelliJ inspector.

 5.3 2007-07-19 notes in GET/POST about HTTPClient, changed ordering.

 5.4 2007-07-27 correct code generated for URL read, and PIPE write.

 5.5 2007-08-05 major rewrite. refactor, simplify, make code more orthogonal,
                generate code for more cases, timeouts.

 5.6 2007-08-24 notes on where to get source for readBytesBlocking.

 5.7 2008-04-02 add build number to title

 5.8 2009-12-21 use keyword final as much as possible in generated code.

 5.9 2010-02-21 use of FastCat instead of StringBuilder. Generate code to use Aux buffering for Readers and Writers.

 6.0 2010-12-06 support getResourceAsStream, FileReader, FileWriter.

 6.1 2011-12-03 configurable Look and Feel

 6.2 2014-05-10 optimal buffering ratios

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