Documentation typo

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Mon Apr 4 06:31:01 PDT 2011


Michael Hall wrote:
> I believe there is a typo in the javadoc here...
> http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/file/Files.html
>
> The typo being...
> direcregular filetory
>
> Although I might not mind working with a filetory sometime, it took me a little thought to be sure this wasn't some new jargon I wasn't familiar with.
Thanks Michael.

I've created 7033568 to track this. I also see a typo in the 
isSymbolicLink and isDirectory methods. Can I get a reviewer for the 
attached? Thanks, Alan.


diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java 
b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
--- a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
@@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@ public final class Files {
      *
      * @return  {@code true} if the file is a symbolic link; {@code 
false} if
      *          the file does not exist, is not a symbolic link, or it 
cannot
-     *          be determined if the file is symbolic link or not.
+     *          be determined if the file is a symbolic link or not.
      *
      * @throws  SecurityException
      *          In the case of the default provider, and a security 
manager is
@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ public final class Files {
      *
      * @return  {@code true} if the file is a directory; {@code false} if
      *          the file does not exist, is not a directory, or it cannot
-     *          be determined if the file is directory or not.
+     *          be determined if the file is a directory or not.
      *
      * @throws  SecurityException
      *          In the case of the default provider, and a security 
manager is
@@ -2142,8 +2142,8 @@ public final class Files {
      *          options indicating how symbolic links are handled
      *
      * @return  {@code true} if the file is a regular file; {@code 
false} if
-     *          the file does not exist, is not a direcregular 
filetory, or it
-     *          cannot be determined if the file is regular file or not.
+     *          the file does not exist, is not a regular file, or it
+     *          cannot be determined if the file is a regular file or not.
      *
      * @throws  SecurityException
      *          In the case of the default provider, and a security 
manager is


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