A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
File.renameto(File) should specify that in case of success, the File object does *not* get modified to point to the name filename. This isn't obvious from the current documentation.
Issue #4094022 and http://www.jroller.com/page/ethdsy/20040920 make it clear that this is catching people off guard.
URL OF FAULTY DOCUMENTATION :
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#renameTo(java.io.File)
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File.renameto(File) should specify that in case of success, the File object does *not* get modified to point to the name filename. This isn't obvious from the current documentation.
Issue #4094022 and http://www.jroller.com/page/ethdsy/20040920 make it clear that this is catching people off guard.
URL OF FAULTY DOCUMENTATION :
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#renameTo(java.io.File)
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- csr for
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JDK-8261935 (spec) File.renameTo(File) changes the file-system object, not the File instance
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- Closed
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- duplicates
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JDK-6246551 (spec) File.renameTo and File class javadoc - misleading immutability statement
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- Closed
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