RFR: 6245663: (spec) File.renameTo(File) changes the file-system object, not the File instance [v2]

Wed Feb 17 22:31:45 UTC 2021

On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:24:53 GMT, Naoto Sato <naoto at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   6245663: Mention 'dest' parameter in the added doc
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java line 1381:
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>> 1379:      * that the rename operation was successful.  As instances of {@code File}
>> 1380:      * are immutable, the abstract pathname represented by this {@code File}
>> 1381:      * object does not itself change although the filesystem object it denoted
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> I guess you meant `file` object here, instead of `filesystem`?

No, I intended `filesystem` but in the sense of "object in the filesystem" but it does seem awkward.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2618