On May 23, 2017, at 1:34 PM, Stuart Marks <stuart.ma...@oracle.com> wrote:
> Yes, this could be another non-normative change. You might even consider
> merging it with the other bug (JDK-6791812), and possibly even labeling it as
> @apiNote.
>
> As for the wording itself, I think the sentiment is correct, but it's trying
> to pack a bit too much into a single sentence. Breaking it into two sentences
> would probably be helpful.
Does this seem better? It folds 8180767 into 6791812.
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/File.java
@@ -928,11 +928,17 @@
* the granularity of the value depends on the underlying
* file system and may be larger. For example, some
* file systems use time stamps in units of seconds.
+ * Distinguishing an I/O exception from a zero return value may
+ * also be accomplished by using the
+ * {@link java.nio.file.Files#getLastModifiedTime(Path,LinkOption[])
+ * Files.getLastModifiedTime} method.
*
* @return A <code>long</code> value representing the time the file was
* last modified, measured in milliseconds since the epoch
* (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970), or <code>0L</code> if the
- * file does not exist or if an I/O error occurs
+ * file does not exist or if an I/O error occurs. The value may
+ * be negative indicating the number of milliseconds before the
+ * epoch
I already verified that the generated javadoc is correct.
Thanks,
Brian
