src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileSystem.java

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  /*
!  * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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  /*
!  * Copyright (c) 1998, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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      public abstract long getSpace(File f, int t);
  
      /* -- Basic infrastructure -- */
  
      /**
+      * Retrieve the maximum length of a component of a file path.
+      *
+      * @return The maximum length of a file path component.
+      */
+     public abstract long getNameMax(String path);
+ 
+     /**
       * Compare two abstract pathnames lexicographically.
       */
      public abstract int compare(File f1, File f2);
  
      /**