RFR 9: 8132394 : (process) ProcessBuilder support for a pipeline of processes

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 9 Nov 2015, at 19:07, Roger Riggs <Roger.Riggs at Oracle.com> wrote:

>> 
>> Why do you need to use a FileDescriptor rather than an int? AFAICT FileDescriptor is used as a box to the underlying descriptor that is accessed via shared secrets.
> It is a cleaner encapsulation for the file descriptor.  On Windows, it is a handle, not a fd.

Ah, i see, windows wants a long value.

Thanks,
Paul.