Failing java.io.PrintStream, java.io.PrintWriter, java.util.Scanner, and
java.util.Formatter multi-arg constructors that take a java.io.File or
String filename (as well as one or more additional args) opens a
FileIn/OutputStream to the given File/filename. If one of the other
given args causes the constructor to fail ( null or unsupported charset
for example ) the FileIn/OutputStream is never closed, and the
application does not have a reference to it. You rely on the finalizer
to close the stream.
This is most serious on Windows because you cannot remove a file if
there is an open handle to it.
I also cleaned up an existing regression test that fails in samevm mode
(partly) because of this. And removed another excluded test from the
list since its bug was fixed some time ago.
Webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/7000511/webrev.00/webrev/
-Chris.
