[OFBIZ-11192] Use ‘java.nio.file’ API instead of ‘java.io’ when manipulating files

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Trunk
• Fix Version/s: Upcoming Branch
• Component/s: framework
• Assignee: Mathieu Lirzin
• Reporter: Mathieu Lirzin
• Created: 11/Sep/19 13:57
• Updated: 07/Dec/19 23:18

Description

Since Java 1.7 the java.nio.file package provides a more modern way to manipulate the filesystem than java.io. For example the presence of a Path class allows more typesafe manipulation of file and directory names than using plain strings.

Currently OFBiz uses java.io exclusively but it would improve safety, maintainability and readability to move to the new java.nio.file API instead.

Some documentation regarding how to migrate to new API is available:

• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/fileio.html
• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/legacy.html#mapping

Issue Links

• depends upon: OFBIZ-11237 Rewrite ‘Classpath’ class