Bug or not bug? Files.newInputStream() on a Path which is a directory does not fail until you read from it

[Francis Galiegue]

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Brian Burkhalter
<brian.burkhalter at oracle.com> wrote:
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> Actually this suggestion is not good as “file” subsumes regular files,
> directories, and links.
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And, on Unix systems, named pipes, character/block devices etc; all of
which can be read from/written to. I do believe IsDirectoryException
is on the right track here.

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