Bug ID: JDK-6900043 Add method to return line.separator property

JDK-6900043 : Add method to return line.separator property

Type: Bug
Component: core-libs
Sub-Component: java.lang
Affected Version: 6,7

Priority: P4
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed
OS: generic,windows_xp
CPU: generic,x86

Submitted: 2009-11-11
Updated: 2017-05-16
Resolved: 2009-12-12

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JDK 7
7 b78Fixed

Related Reports

Duplicate :	JDK-6264243 - File.lineSeparator() to retrieve value of commonly used "line.separator" system property
Duplicate :	JDK-6529790 - Please add LINE_SEPARATOR constant into System or some other class
Relates :	JDK-7082231 - Put a @since 1.7 on System.lineSeparator

Description

Querying the line.separator value is a common occurence in large systems.  Doing this properly is verbose and involves possible sercurity failures; having a method return this value would be beneificial.
For discussion see
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2009-November/003176.html

Comments

EVALUATION A fine idea.

11-11-2009

SUGGESTED FIX See http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~martin/webrevs/openjdk7/line.separator/

11-11-2009