On Tue, 5 Aug 2025 18:21:24 GMT, Roger Riggs <rri...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> The teardown of a Process launched by `ProcessBuilder` includes the closing > of streams and ensuring the termination of the process is the responsibility > of the caller. The `Process.close()` method provides a clear and obvious way > to ensure all the streams are closed and the process terminated. > > The try-with-resources statement is frequently used to open streams and > ensure they are closed on exiting the block. By implementing > `AutoClosable.close()` the completeness of closing the streams and process > termination can be done by try-with-resources. > > The actions of the `close()` method are to close each stream and destroy the > process if it has not terminated. Great initiative @RogerRiggs! 💯 I'm looking forward to respond dozens of StackOverflow questions asking how to close a `Process` properly! :star_struck: ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26649#issuecomment-3158243897
