[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8294767: 8u contains two copies of test/../FileUtils.java, one uses JDK9+ features

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Tue, 4 Oct 2022 13:25:24 GMT, Jonathan Dowland <jdowland at openjdk.org> wrote:

> There are two copies of the test utility class FileUtils.java in the jdk8u-dev source tree:
> 
> 
> $ find . -name FileUtils.java
> ./jdk/test/lib/testlibrary/jdk/testlibrary/FileUtils.java
> ./jdk/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/util/FileUtils.java
> 
> 
> One of them is not used by anything. It also uses language features that are not present in 8u:
> 
> 
> $ $JAVA_HOME/bin/javac ./jdk/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/util/FileUtils.java
> # snip
> ./jdk/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/util/FileUtils.java:166: error: cannot infer type arguments for SimpleFileVisitor<T>
>             java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(dir, new SimpleFileVisitor<>() {
>                                                                        ^
>   reason: cannot use '<>' with anonymous inner classes
> 
> 
> The soluton for this case is simple, just remove the above file.
> 
> This is part of a wider issue of duplicated test material, but I'm filing for the one I found for now. 
> 
> * https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8294767

OK with me.

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Marked as reviewed by sgehwolf (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/129