RFR: 8283335 : Add exists and readAttributesIfExists methods to FileSystemProvider

[Alan Bateman]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:05:41 GMT, Lance Andersen <lancea at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Please review the following patch which will:
> 
> - Enhance the java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider abstract class to include the methods
> 
>   - public boolean exists(Path path, LinkOption... options)
>   - public <A extends BasicFileAttributes> A readAttributesIfExists(Path path, Class<A> type, LinkOption... options)
> 
> 
> This change allows for providers to provide optimizations when the file's attributes are not needed.
> 
> Mach5 tiers 1 - 3  run clean with this change
> 
> The CSR may be viewed at [JDK-8283336](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8283336)
> 
> 
> Best,
> Lance

src/jdk.zipfs/share/classes/jdk/nio/zipfs/ZipFileSystemProvider.java line 302:

> 300:         throws IOException
> 301:     {
> 302:         return exists(path) ? readAttributes(path, type, options) : null;

If you add the following to ZipPath then it would allow you to implement it in one step rather than two:


ZipFileAttributes readAttributesIfExits() throws IOException {
    return zfs.getFileAttributes(getResolvedPath());
 }

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9249