Re: [External] : I think there is a mispelling in the Javadoc that makes the documentation less clear

[David Alayachew]

Thanks for spelling it out, it makes perfect sense now.

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 8:58 AM Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com>
wrote:

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> On 17/08/2026 17:22, David Alayachew wrote::
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> Sorry, I am still confused. Isn't it slower to use the BiPredicate? You're
> already fetching the attributes to potentially not even use them at all.
> Whereas with walk, they are not fetched at all, only when the user
> explicitly calls for
> Sorry, I am still confused. Isn't it slower to use the BiPredicate? You're
> already fetching the attributes to potentially not even use them at all.
> Whereas with walk, they are not fetched at all, only when the user
> explicitly calls for it.
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> Walking a file tree involves reading the file attributes. The filter in
> the example is reading them a second time. The find method has the option
> of avoiding the additional I/O.
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> -Alan
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