RFR: 8339574: Behavior of File.is{Directory,File,Hidden} is not documented with respect to symlinks [v5]

[Daniel Jeliński]

On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 19:22:19 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Make explicit how the `java.io.File` methods `isDirectory`, `isFile`, and `isHidden` behave when the `File` represents a symbolic link.
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> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   8339574: Replace "transparent" with more explicit verbiage

LGTM.

I think the behavior of `File.exists` with regard to links should also be documented, but feel free to leave it out of this PR.

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Marked as reviewed by djelinski (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20878#pullrequestreview-2291745058