Erroneous JavaDoc for Path#register

Matthias Ernst matthias at mernst.org
Wed Dec 3 23:55:25 PST 2008


http://openjdk.java.net/projects/nio/javadoc/java/nio/file/Path.html#register(java.nio.file.WatchService,%20java.nio.file.WatchEvent.Kind[],%20java.nio.file.WatchEvent.Modifier...)

Barring any language changes I missed, the example code does not
compile. It requires an explicit array creation, not?

     WatchKey key = dir.register(watcher, new WatchEvent.Kind<?>[] {
ENTRY_CREATE, ENTRY_DELETE, ENTRY_MODIFY });


Given that there are no modifiers defined as of today and I would
expect them to be empty most of the time (that's why they're called
modifiers), wouldn't it be nicer if the two parameters were switched?

Matthias



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