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> > wrote: > > 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; > } > <http://oracle.com/us/design/oracle-email-sig-198324.gif> <http://oracle.com/us/design/oracle-email-sig-198324.gif> <http://oracle.com/us/design/oracle-email-sig-198324.gif> <http://oracle.com/us/design/oracle-email-sig-198324.gif>Lance Andersen| Principal Member of Technical Staff | +1.781.442.2037 Oracle Java Engineering 1 Network Drive Burlington, MA 01803 lance.ander...@oracle.com <mailto:lance.ander...@oracle.com>