Implement WindowsFileAttributes#fileKey

[Alan Bateman]

On 06/04/2023 15:22, Fabian Meumertzheim wrote:
> :
>
> It looks like `Files#isSameFile()` is already backed by these fields 
> though: 
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/ddd50d0db31e50c0fcedafa290d6eac277ddae3e/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/nio/fs/WindowsFileAttributes.java#L349-L356 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/ddd50d0db31e50c0fcedafa290d6eac277ddae3e/src/java.base/windows/classes/sun/nio/fs/WindowsFileAttributes.java*L349-L356__;Iw!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!P2FgkNydmuds-x_7fAwA1mycw0Ah5_5Fc_O2AL9kuYZVT8Fs6Vz2kLc58QyWAHH1VQv-7os-RtBCS5JL7ifrXg$>. 
>
> Issues with volume serial number and file ID as unique identifiers 
> should thus already be reachable directly via public API.
>
There has been a number of reports of problems there,  WebDAV locations 
come to mind. At some point I think we tried to get a list from 
Microsoft of the volume types where there is at least some temporal 
stability.

-Alan
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