RFR: 8366102: Clarification Needed: Symbolic Link Handling in File API Specifications

Brian Burkhalter bpb at openjdk.org
Fri Aug 29 15:08:52 UTC 2025


Attempt to improve the verbiage of the `java.io.File` specification to make it clearer whether a given method operates only on an abstract pathname or on the actual file system entry it denotes.

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Commit messages:
 - 8366102: Clarification Needed: Symbolic Link Handling in File API Specifications

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27006/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=27006&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8366102
  Stats: 25 lines in 1 file changed: 12 ins; 0 del; 13 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27006.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/27006/head:pull/27006

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27006


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