On 7 September 2011 13:26, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Should LockableFileWriter.close() be changed from:
>
> public void close() throws IOException {
> try {
> out.close();
> } finally {
> lockFile.delete();
> }
>
> to:
>
> public boolean close() throws IOException {
> try {
> out.close();
> } finally {
> return lockFile.delete();
> }
>
> ?
That will break binary compatibility - the return type is part of the
method signature.
So no, unless the method is new.
There's an IO JIRA about this somewhere.
> Gary
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