On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:43:09 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <b...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> It might be clearer if the end of the sentence were changed to something
>> like "... this File object is not changed to name destination file or
>> directory".
>
> Like so?
> --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java
> +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java
> @@ -1376,7 +1376,9 @@ public class File
> * file from one filesystem to another, it might not be atomic, and it
> * might not succeed if a file with the destination abstract pathname
> * already exists. The return value should always be checked to make
> sure
> - * that the rename operation was successful.
> + * that the rename operation was successful. As instances of {@code
> File}
> + * are immutable, this File object is not changed to name the destination
> + * file or directory.
> *
> * <p> Note that the {@link java.nio.file.Files} class defines the {@link
> * java.nio.file.Files#move move} method to move or rename a file in a
yes, I think that works.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2618
