[VFS-429] Remove extra FileSystem ivar in AbstractFileObject subclasses with generics

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
• Created: 17/Jul/12 18:54
• Updated: 19/May/16 18:25
• Resolved: 20/Jul/12 22:01

Description

Most AbstractFileObject subclasses track a FileSystem instance in an ivar typed for that provider (FtpFileSystem for example).

This can be cleaned up nicely with generics.

Thoughts for or against?

Here is an attachment that shows how this would work for FTP.