Author: niallp
Date: Tue Sep 28 13:30:17 2010
New Revision: 1002159
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1002159&view=rev
Log:
IO-171 Document that IOCase assumes there are only two OSes: Windows and Unix
Modified:
commons/proper/io/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/IOCase.java
Modified: commons/proper/io/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/IOCase.java
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/io/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/IOCase.java?rev=1002159&r1=1002158&r2=1002159&view=diff
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--- commons/proper/io/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/IOCase.java
(original)
+++ commons/proper/io/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/IOCase.java Tue Sep
28 13:30:17 2010
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ public final class IOCase implements Ser
* The constant for case sensitivity determined by the current operating
system.
* Windows is case-insensitive when comparing filenames, Unix is
case-sensitive.
* <p>
+ * <strong>Note:</strong> This only caters for Windows and Unix. Other
operating
+ * systems (e.g. OSX and OpenVMS) are treated as case sensitive if they
use the
+ * Unix file separator and case-insensitive if they use the Windows file
separator
+ * (see {...@link java.io.File#separatorChar}).
+ * <p>
* If you derialize this constant of Windows, and deserialize on Unix, or
vice
* versa, then the value of the case-sensitivity flag will change.
*/
