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package org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.filesystem.jdk7;

import org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.filesystem.Symlink;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class Jdk7Symlink implements Symlink {
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Jdk7Symlink.class);

    private final boolean symlinksSupported;

    public Jdk7Symlink() {
        this(doesSystemSupportSymlinks());
    }

    protected Jdk7Symlink(boolean symlinksSupported) {
        this.symlinksSupported = symlinksSupported;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSymlinkSupported() {
        return symlinksSupported;
    }

    @Override
    public void symlink(File link, File target) throws Exception {
        link.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        Files.createSymbolicLink(link.toPath(), target.toPath());
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isSymlink(File suspect) {
        return Files.isSymbolicLink(suspect.toPath());
    }

    private static boolean doesSystemSupportSymlinks() {
        Path sourceFile = null;
        Path linkFile = null;
        try {
            sourceFile = Files.createTempFile("symlink", "test");
            linkFile = Files.createTempFile("symlink", "test_link");

            Files.delete(linkFile);
            Files.createSymbolicLink(linkFile, sourceFile);
            return true;
        } catch (InternalError e) {
            if (e.getMessage().contains("Should not get here")) {
                // probably facing JDK-8046686
                LOGGER.debug("Unable to create a symlink. Your system is hitting JDK bug id JDK-8046686. Symlink support disabled.", e);
            } else {
                LOGGER.debug("Unexpected internal error", e);
            }
            return false;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return false;
        } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
            return false;
        } finally {
            try {
                if (sourceFile != null && sourceFile.toFile().exists()) {
                    Files.delete(sourceFile);
                }
                if (linkFile != null && linkFile.toFile().exists()) {
                    Files.delete(linkFile);
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // We don't really need to handle this.
            }
        }
    }
}

@@ -1616,24 +1616,64 @@
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+        if (isSymlinkSupported()) %7B%0A    
         retu
@@ -1707,32 +1707,64 @@
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+        %7D%0A        return false;%0A
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Add defense for when symlinks are unsupported.