[LUCENE-795] deprecate Directory.renameFile()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Reopened
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: core/store
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Daniel Naber
• Created: 05/Feb/07 22:46
• Updated: 22/Nov/24 09:50
• Resolved: 05/Feb/07 22:50

Description

Copied from my mailing list post so this issue can be tracked (if necessary). I will commit a patch.

I see that Directory.renameFile() isn't used anymore. I assume it has only
been public for technical reasons, not because we expect this to be used
from outside of Lucene? Should we deprecate this method? Its
implementation e.g. in FSDirectory looks a bit scary anyway (the comment
correctly says "This is not atomic" while the abstract class says "This
replacement should be atomic").