Your welcome :) (I wrote that function :) ) I think your right, a double version would certainly be appropriate. Kind of ashamed I missed that actually :(
I wonder though, what would be the down-side to just having a double version only? (aside from backward-compatibility at this point)... Would it really result (potentially) in a loss of precision? Feel free to submit a patch, it seems, to me anyway, like an obvious thing to commit, although I am not a committer, so you'll have to convince others :) -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com AIM: fzammetti Yahoo: fzammetti MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, November 22, 2005 3:25 pm, Marcelo Nery dos Santos said: > Hi, > > After studying the Jakarta Commons IO API, I found a great method that > allows me to delete some native code from my system, it is the: > > static long FileSystemUtils.freeSpace(String path) > > However, as it return type is long, I am in trouble to represent > values greater than 2GB. Is it possible to add another method into > this class? I would suggest something like: > > static double getApproximateFreeSpace(String path) > > Thus, if a general (possibly high) approximate value is needed, this > method could be used. In situations where an exact value is needed, > typically, when we are running low in space, the original 'static long > freeSpace(String path)' would fit. > > I think this comment is also valid in other areas of the IO package. > However, it is more critical when dealing with file system comprising > several gigabytes of free space. By the javadoc, it is not clear what > value is returned if a free space larger than 2GB if available. > > Thanks for this great package. > > Marcelo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
