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

[Alan Bateman]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:26:13 GMT, Naoto Sato <naoto at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> we do have wordings like " If the virtual machine is started from an interactive command line without redirecting the standard input AND output streams then its console will exist ..." and "If no console device is
>> available then an invocation of that method will return <tt>null</tt>" from the very beginning. not very "straightforward" but i think it's clear enough?
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> I think adding `@see` tag would be more helpful.
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> As to the spec wording wrt stdin/out, there is another issue filed to make it clearer: JDK-8361972. This PR addresses the implementation part only so that it can be backported to prior LTSes without spec change.

It already links to Console so I don't think think the additional `@see` is needed. Look at the generated javadoc and see what you think.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26273#discussion_r2289917231