On Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:08:38 GMT, Pavel Rappo <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Please review a moderately simple update to convert JavadocTester to just
>> use NIO, instead of a mix of File and NIO.
>>
>> The original code used java.io.File. At some point (JDK 9-ish) new code was
>> added that used NIO, resulting in a mix. This change converts the old code
>> to use NIO as well.
>>
>> This is mostly internal, with two changes that affect tests.
>>
>> 1. The `protected` field `outputDir` is changed from a `File` to a `Path`.
>> Some tests use `outputDir` directly, typically to convert it to a `Path`.
>> 2. The `copyDir` method had a strange spec. Partly, it used "target" to
>> describe the directory being copied, but worse, it copied the entire source
>> directory INTO the destination directory, as compared to copying the
>> contents. The method was just used in a single test, so I've changed the
>> spec of the method and the use in the test. This cleaned up a "TODO" as
>> well, to use `Files.walkFileTree` for the copy.
>
> test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/lib/javadoc/tester/JavadocTester.java line 795:
>
>> 793: */
>> 794: public void copyDir(Path fromDir, Path toDir) {
>> 795: out.println("Copying " + fromDir + " to " + toDir);
>
> I was surprised to find out there's no convenience method in java.nio.file
> for copying file trees. In its absence we could maybe use something closer to
> the second usage example in FileVisitor?
That example is somewhat overkill, since it handles symlinks as well, which we
don't need.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5644
