RFR: 8361613: System.console() should only be available for interactive terminal [v3]

[Alan Bateman]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:25:16 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Naoto Sato has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Reflects review comments
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/System.java line 244:
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>> 242:      *
>> 243:      * @return  The system console, if any, otherwise {@code null}.
>> 244:      * @see Console
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> The method declaration already links to Console so I don't think we need another link in the "See also" section.

Maybe I missed it, but do we have anything to make it clear that it returns null if either stdin or stdout are redirected?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26273#discussion_r2207483449