Re: RFC: java.awt.Desktop methods should accept Path in addition to File

2025-03-16 Thread David Alayachew
By all means, try your luck. I only suggest to provide an alternative path. As a minor correction though, the primary purpose of this mailing list (and this thread, by extension) is to give feedback on existing features, including their pain points. If someone suggests an API change in response to

Re: RFC: java.awt.Desktop methods should accept Path in addition to File

2025-03-16 Thread Markus KARG
Thank you, David. Understood your opinion. In fact, it would be MY sole time and effort to add and maintain that Path-based API variants (not yours or anybody else's), so why NOT allowing me to do that? In this area, will do THAT or nothing at all, in fact. This thread is NOT about what to ask

Re: RFC: java.awt.Desktop methods should accept Path in addition to File

2025-03-15 Thread David Alayachew
Hello Markus Karg, I spend a lot of my time making Swing apps. I can certainly relate to the pain of your compatriots. Truthfully though, I don't see any significant benefit, other than writing one less method per situation. A vast majority of my IO work is already pretty specialized, so, while a