Automatically convert RubyFile to java.io.File

We have been talking about a conversion method (for consideration in later releases) toJava() and toJava(Class class) [in Java] which can pass underlying Java lightweight. With this method we can very quickly do Ruby->Java conversion and in the case of toJava(Class) it will make it possible to do:

io.toJava(java.io.File)
io.toJava(java.io.InputStream)
...

This will all happen under the covers and will magically work in our Java integration layer. So if you pass a Ruby file to something which expects a Java File it will end up calling toJava(java.io.File) on it. This is being considered as just a piece of some major work which will be happening in Java Integreation during our next major development cycle.

Thanks Thomas. Will wait for it then.

Resolving as wontfix...

The problem here is that Ruby's File is actually an open file stream/channel and Java's File is just a path abstraction. Coercing Ruby's File to Java's File would be misleading, and could cause people to create Ruby File objects to call Java APIs. I would suggest you use the following simple code to create an actual Java File. You can also encapsulate this in a method on Ruby's File, if you like:

java_file = java.io.File.new(ruby_file.path)