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[jira] [Commented] (IO-326) Add new FileUtils.sizeOf[Directory]
APIs to return BigInteger
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Jochen Wiedmann commented on IO-326:
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Question: I believe to recall that we have discussed dropping BC for the next version anyways?
If so: Do we really neeed to have sizeOf(dir) and sizeof(dir)AsBigInteger? I'd be in favour of
having the latter only, with a long result.
> Add new FileUtils.sizeOf[Directory] APIs to return BigInteger
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>
> Key: IO-326
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-326
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Utilities
> Affects Versions: 2.3
> Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
> Fix For: 2.4
>
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> FileUtils.sizeOfDirectory will return a negative number when the size count goes past Long.MAX_VALUE.
> Counting with a BigInteger will solve this issue. Options:
> - Change the signature of FileUtils.sizeOfDirectory() to return a BigInteger. This will obviously break BC.
> - Create a new API to return a BigInteger. What would this new API be called?
> -- sizeOfDirectoryAsBigInteger
> -- bigIntegerSizeOfDirectory
> -- largeSizeOfDirectory
> -- ...?
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