RFR: 8305457: Implement java.io.IO [v3]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Wed, 8 May 2024 05:45:55 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Pavel Rappo has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   Strengthen tests after 8330998
>>   
>>   https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/18996 now allows us to test
>>   Console IO better.
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/Console.java line 194:
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>> 192:      *         A prompt string.
>> 193:      *
>> 194:      * @throws IOError
> 
> I'm guessing this specifies `IOError` instead of `IOException` so that the caller doesn't have to handle a checked exception? If so, would it be better to throw an `java.io.UncheckedIOException`, to avoid throwing `Error`s?

Actually, it appears that the existing APIs on `java.io.Console` are specified to throw a `java.io.IOError`. So this isn't something new that is being introduced. So please ignore that question.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19112#discussion_r1593416464