RFR: 8366102: Clarification Needed: Symbolic Link Handling in File API Specifications [v3]

Brian Burkhalter bpb at openjdk.org
Tue Sep 2 16:05:31 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.

Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  8366102: pathnam -> pathname

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27006/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27006/files/5b970ebc..b896d8c7

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=27006&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=27006&range=01-02

  Stats: 3 lines in 1 file changed: 1 ins; 0 del; 2 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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