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Subject: Re: it's Closeable, but I don't want to close() it yet.
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On 2019-02-28 22:24, Marcel Mueller wrote:
> Am 28.02.19 um 20:10 schrieb Andreas Leitgeb:
>> My case can be better characterized in that the Closeable entity is
>> an attribute of a Context class, and a getter is called by "users" for
>> the ref of the entity.   Lifetime management of the entity is handled
>> by the Context.   "Users" (specific methods doing their parts of
>> the Context's whole task) really shouldn't close() it or they would
>> spoil it for later users.
> 
> In this case do not expose close(). Expose an interface that only
> provides the methods relevant for the users.

Or don't implement Closeable in the first place.

Or just ignore the bloody warning and don't let your tools get in your way.

-- 
DF.