1 files changed, 33 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java b/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java
index c23ca3adf..ef367949a 100644
--- a/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java
+++ b/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java
@@ -86,38 +86,12 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput
    * illegal value
    * @exception SecurityException If the requested access to the file 
    * is not allowed
-   * @exception IOException If any other error occurs
+   * @exception FileNotFoundException If the file is a directory, or 
+   * any other error occurs
    */
   public RandomAccessFile (File file, String mode)
     throws FileNotFoundException
   {
-    this (file.getPath(), mode);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>RandomAccessFile</code>
-   * to read from the specified file name with the specified access mode.
-   * The access mode is either "r" for read only access, "rw" for read
-   * write access, "rws" for synchronized read/write access of both
-   * content and metadata, or "rwd" for read/write access
-   * where only content is required to be synchronous.
-   * <p>
-   * Note that a <code>SecurityManager</code> check is made prior to
-   * opening the file to determine whether or not this file is allowed to
-   * be read or written.
-   *
-   * @param fileName The name of the file to read and/or write
-   * @param mode "r", "rw", "rws", or "rwd"
-   *
-   * @exception IllegalArgumentException If <code>mode</code> has an 
-   * illegal value
-   * @exception SecurityException If the requested access to the file 
-   * is not allowed
-   * @exception FileNotFoundException If any other error occurs
-   */
-  public RandomAccessFile (String fileName, String mode)
-    throws FileNotFoundException
-  {
     int fdmode;
     if (mode.equals("r"))
       fdmode = FileChannelImpl.READ;
@@ -136,6 +110,8 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput
     else
       throw new IllegalArgumentException ("invalid mode: " + mode);
 
+    final String fileName = file.getPath();
+
     // The obligatory SecurityManager stuff
     SecurityManager s = System.getSecurityManager();
     if (s != null)
@@ -146,13 +122,41 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput
           s.checkWrite(fileName);
       }
 
-    ch = new FileChannelImpl (fileName, fdmode);
+    ch = new FileChannelImpl (file, fdmode);
     fd = new FileDescriptor(ch);
     out = new DataOutputStream (new FileOutputStream (fd));
     in = new DataInputStream (new FileInputStream (fd));
   }
 
   /**
+   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>RandomAccessFile</code>
+   * to read from the specified file name with the specified access mode.
+   * The access mode is either "r" for read only access, "rw" for read
+   * write access, "rws" for synchronized read/write access of both
+   * content and metadata, or "rwd" for read/write access
+   * where only content is required to be synchronous.
+   * <p>
+   * Note that a <code>SecurityManager</code> check is made prior to
+   * opening the file to determine whether or not this file is allowed to
+   * be read or written.
+   *
+   * @param fileName The name of the file to read and/or write
+   * @param mode "r", "rw", "rws", or "rwd"
+   *
+   * @exception IllegalArgumentException If <code>mode</code> has an 
+   * illegal value
+   * @exception SecurityException If the requested access to the file 
+   * is not allowed
+   * @exception FileNotFoundException If the file is a directory or 
+   * any other error occurs
+   */
+  public RandomAccessFile (String fileName, String mode)
+    throws FileNotFoundException
+  {
+    this (new File(fileName), mode);
+  }
+
+  /**
    * This method closes the file and frees up all file related system
    * resources.  Since most operating systems put a limit on how many files
    * may be opened at any given time, it is a good idea to close all files