Hi Lance, I was originally going to do that but there are other null checks in the same class and I did not know it would be worthwhile. I would think do none or do all.
Thanks, Brian > On Jan 10, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Lance Andersen <lance.ander...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Looks fine Brian. > > One question would it be worth using Objects.requireNonNull(dest)? I have no > strong preference, just wondering your thoughts. > > > >> On Jan 10, 2019, at 5:16 PM, Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhal...@oracle.com >> <mailto:brian.burkhal...@oracle.com>> wrote: >> >> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216172 >> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216172> >> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216172 >> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8216172>> >> >> Proposed simple change included below as diff. All pertinent java/io >> regression tests pass. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brian >> >> --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java >> +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java >> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ >> /* >> - * Copyright (c) 1994, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights >> reserved. >> + * Copyright (c) 1994, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights >> reserved. >> * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. >> * >> * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it >> @@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ >> import java.net.URL; >> import java.net.MalformedURLException; >> import java.net.URISyntaxException; >> +import java.nio.file.FileSystems; >> +import java.nio.file.Path; >> +import java.security.SecureRandom; >> +import java.util.ArrayList; >> import java.util.List; >> -import java.util.ArrayList; >> -import java.security.SecureRandom; >> -import java.nio.file.Path; >> -import java.nio.file.FileSystems; >> import sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction; >> >> /** >> @@ -1395,14 +1395,14 @@ >> * If parameter <code>dest</code> is <code>null</code> >> */ >> public boolean renameTo(File dest) { >> + if (dest == null) { >> + throw new NullPointerException(); >> + } >> SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager(); >> if (security != null) { >> security.checkWrite(path); >> security.checkWrite(dest.path); >> } >> - if (dest == null) { >> - throw new NullPointerException(); >> - } >> if (this.isInvalid() || dest.isInvalid()) { >> return false; >> } >> > >