File.isFile() and links

[Daniel Naber <lu...@danielnaber.de>]

Hi,

I'd like to add this code to FSDirectory.create():

    if (directory.isFile())
      throw new IOException("Expected directory, but '" + directory + "' is 
          a file");

This way people will get a useful exception if they specify a file instead 
of a directory (currently this leads to a NPE). Of course it should still 
be possible to specify a link that points to a directory. I tried it here 
(Suse Linux 9.1) and it works. But will it work on other systems? The 
Javadoc of the File class doesn't say whether a link is a file or not.

Regards
 Daniel

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