JDK 9 doc-only RFR of 8180353: FileOutputStream documentation does not indicate properly whether files get truncated or not

Chris Hegarty chris.hegarty at oracle.com
Tue May 16 08:05:18 UTC 2017


Looks good Brian.

-Chris.

> On 16 May 2017, at 02:27, Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhalter at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Please review at your convenience.
> 
> Issue:	https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8180353
> Patch:	[1]
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
> 
> [1] Hg diff
> 
> --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileOutputStream.java
> +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileOutputStream.java
> @@ -91,6 +91,12 @@
>      * If the file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does
>      * not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other
>      * reason then a <code>FileNotFoundException</code> is thrown.
> +     * <p>
> +     * Invoking this constructor with the parameter {@code name} is equivalent
> +     * to invoking the constructor {@link #FileOutputStream(String,boolean)
> +     * FileOutputStream(name,append)} with the same {@code String} parameter
> +     * {@code name} and the {@code boolean} parameter {@code append} equal to
> +     * {@code false}.
>      *
>      * @param      name   the system-dependent filename
>      * @exception  FileNotFoundException  if the file exists but is a directory



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