On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:31:45 GMT, Xueming Shen <sher...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Maybe I missed it, but do we have anything to make it clear that it returns >> null if either stdin or stdout are redirected? > > we do have wordings like " If the virtual machine is started from an > interactive command line without redirecting the standard input AND output > streams then its console will exist ..." and "If no console device is > available then an invocation of that method will return <tt>null</tt>" from > the very beginning. not very "straightforward" but i think it's clear enough? I think adding `@see` tag would be more helpful. As to the spec wording wrt stdin/out, there is another issue filed to make it clearer: JDK-8361972. This PR addresses the implementation part only so that it can be backported to prior LTSes without spec change. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26273#discussion_r2207973733
