Thank you both. I'd be willing to make some more contributions towards modernization of the API if you have some idea where the greatest need or highest value is. Are there any existing JIRA issues that come to mind?
Regards, Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 8:22 AM > To: Commons Developers List <dev@commons.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [io] NIO2 and non-default file system support > > Thanks, Gary! > > On Thu, 16 May 2019 at 05:37, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The one patch has been merged. > > > > Gary > > > > On Thu, May 16, 2019, 02:03 Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I’ve been interested in seeing IO be updated to include support for > > > using Path instead of just File. I can review your PR this week, > > > though I’m certainly not the only one who can. > > > > > > On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 13:19, Chesney, Mark > > > <mark.ches...@insight.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Awhile back I ran into a situation where I needed to read the > > > > lines of a file that might be on a non-default file system, like > > > > an in-memory file system, on Java 7+. I looked to the commons-io > > > > ReversedLinesFileReader, > > > but > > > > it only works with java.io.File files which are always on the > > > > default > > > file > > > > system only. I duplicated the class in my project and found it was > > > > relatively straightforward to adapt it to support both > > > > java.io.File and java.nio.file.Path file. Commons-io 2.6 seems to > > > > be the first version to require Java 7 which introduced NIO2. I > > > > think others would appreciate the > > > > NIO2 constructors, saving a call to Path#toFile(), even if they're > > > > not using non-default file systems. I previously created a JIRA > > > > issue IO-578< https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-578> and an > > > > GitHub pull request > > > > #62<https://github.com/apache/commons-io/pull/62>. I feel the PR > > > > is of very high quality, short and to the point, ready or nearly > > > > ready to > > > merge. > > > > I would appreciate any feedback I can get on the JIRA issue or GitHub > > > > PR. > > > > I'm hopeful this could make commons-io 2.7. Thanks for your > > > > attention and consideration. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > -- > > > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
