On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:05:40 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Make explicit how the `java.io.File` methods `isDirectory`, `isFile`, and
>> `isHidden` behave when the `File` represents a symbolic link.
>
> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one
> additional commit since the last revision:
>
> 8339574: Move symbolic link verbiage from class to constructor doc in
> FIS/FOS/RAF
src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileInputStream.java line 90:
> 88: * in the file system. {@linkplain java.nio.file##links Symbolic
> links}
> 89: * are automatically redirected to the <i>target</i> of the link.
> 90: * A new {@code FileDescriptor}
In passing (and not for this PR) is that we should probably change the first
sentence to say that it opens an existing file and drop the use of "connection".
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20878#discussion_r1759682290
