Re: code review request : 7105952: Improve finalisation for FileInputStream/FileOutputStream/RandomAccessFile

[Alan Bateman]

On 02/11/2011 09:18, Seán Coffey wrote:

The parent gets added to the ArrayList when that ArrayList needs to be 
set up (more than 1 referent) so this shouldn't be a problem. When the 
ArrayList (otherParents) is non-null a close will be called on the 
stream that initiated the close operation (through recursion) - that 
should be a no-op at that stage though. (closed == true)
Okay, I see it although it is a bit strange to have two references to 
the original parent.

-Alan.