RFR: 8233451: (fs) Files.newInputStream() cannot be used with character special files

[Alan Bateman]

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 23:30:06 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Add `isOther` and `available` methods to `FileChannelImpl` and the interfaces to native code and use these in `ChannelInputStream` to work around cases where a wrapped `FileChannelImpl` is not really seekable.

Overall the approach is good, except for the Windows implementation of "available" that will need re-work. For ChannelInputStream.isOther then it's effective a stable field, we can do some improvements there.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21508#issuecomment-2412941018