Files.newDirectoryStream vs File.listFiles

[Paulo Levi]

The new io api seems a little verbose to me (especially the static methods
in Files - that i assume are going to be extension methods?)

I was just changing my code to use Paths instead of Files and i came upon
this case where the the listfiles alternative seems to mandate laziness and
one-off iteration. I get that it's good policy, however to retrofit code
that uses eager [] iteration it won't be a smooth transition.

Might you add a method that "drains" a hidden watch service into a list of
paths?
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