RFR: 8343823: (fs) Files.createLink: inconsistent behavior when creating link to symbolic link

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:33:42 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Add an API note to `java.nio.file.Files.createLink` to make explicit that the behavior when the target is a symbolic link is unspecified.

The behavior cannot be made specifiable without a backward incompatible change. A similar method with specifiable behavior could be added, for example:

`File.createHardLink(Path link, Path existing, LinkOption... options)`.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22257#issuecomment-2486799191