Gary Gregory wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> On 2012-04-16, <ggreg...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > [IO-324] Add Charset sister APIs to method that take a String charset >> name. >> >> The new methods cause problems for people who pass in null for the >> charset as they want the platform's system default. The compiler >> doesn't know which of the writeStringToFile methods to pick if the third >> param is null. >> > > You are correct. See the release notes: > > Compatibility with 2.2 and 1.4: > Binary compatible: Yes. > Source compatible: No, see the rare case in > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-318. > Semantic compatible: No, see the rare case in > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-318. > > There are two solutions if you want to use the latest [io], as noted in > the Jira: > > - type-cast the charset to String to Charset, or > - use the API that does not have a charset.
We could add a writeStringToFile() method without parameter. No need for a null value, no need for the cast. - Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
