8267569: java.io.File.equals contains misleading Javadoc

[bplb]

Modify the specification of java.io.File.equals to clarify that equality is based only on a comparison of abstract pathnames as opposed to the file system objects that the Files represent.

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• JDK-8267569: java.io.File.equals contains misleading Javadoc

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• Alan Bateman (@AlanBateman - Reviewer)
• Daniel Fuchs (@dfuch - Reviewer)
• Brent Christian (@bchristi-git - Reviewer)
• Naoto Sato (@naotoj - Reviewer)

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8267569: java.io.File.equals contains misleading Javadoc

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At the time when this comment was updated there had been 228 new commits pushed to the master branch:

• ccfcd92: 8180571: Refactor sun/security/pkcs11 shell tests to plain java tests and fix failures
• 40e4171: 8264800: cleanup Threads_lock comments in JVM/TI function headers
• b17b11e: 8267562: G1: Missing BOT in Open Archive regions causes long pauses
• 2b33835: 8265148: StackWatermarkSet being updated during AsyncGetCallTrace
• 64ba2f0: 8265431: Add -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks to clang builds
• d4b4cae: 8268023: Improve diagnostic for HandshakeFailureTest
• 9d8ad2e: 8267990: Revisit some uses of synchronized in the HttpClient API
• 36dc268: 8268036: ProblemList gtest/AsyncLogGtest.java
• 74b70a5: 8036580: CHA: improve default method support
• 20479c3: 8065760: CHA: Improve abstract method support
• ... and 218 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/e90388bc1e7bba92675fa799d9da77aa4d6e1a05...master

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@bplb Since your change was applied there have been 252 commits pushed to the master branch:

• 508cec7: 8267521: Post JEP 411 refactoring: maximum covering > 50K
• 40d23a0: 8267543: Post JEP 411 refactoring: security
• 4767758: 8267920: Create separate Events buffer for VMOperations
• dc19bac: 8268094: Some vmTestbase/nsk tests fail after ACC_STRICT/strictfp changes
• 2963c9e: 8268103: JNI functions incorrectly return a double after JDK-8265836
• 6765f90: 8266459: Implement JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal
• 19450b9: 8266281: Assign Symbols to the package selector expression
• a223189: 8264774: Implementation of Foreign Function and Memory API (Incubator)
• 71425dd: 8267118: OutOfMemoryError cannot be caught as a Throwable
• de6472c: 8267459: Pasting Unicode characters into JShell does not work.
• ... and 242 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/e90388bc1e7bba92675fa799d9da77aa4d6e1a05...master

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