Rewording comments

Util/channel/src/main/java/io/deephaven/util/channel/SeekableChannelsProvider.java

@@ -43,18 +43,16 @@ static URI convertToURI(final String source, final boolean isDirectory) {
  }
 
  /**
- * Takes a file and convert it to a URI object. We should use this method instead of {@link File#toURI()} because
- * {@link File#toURI()} internally calls {@link File#isDirectory()}, which can lead to disk access.
+ * Takes a file and convert it to a URI object. This method is preferred instead of {@link File#toURI()} because
+ * {@link File#toURI()} internally calls {@link File#isDirectory()}, which typically invokes the {@code stat} system
+ * call, resulting in filesystem metadata access.
  *
  * @param file The file
  * @param isDirectory Whether the source file is a directory
  * @return The URI object
  */
  static URI convertToURI(final File file, final boolean isDirectory) {
  String absPath = file.getAbsolutePath();
- if (absPath.isEmpty()) {
- throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot convert file with empty path to URI: " + file);
- }
  if (File.separatorChar != '/') {
  absPath = absPath.replace(File.separatorChar, '/');
  }
@@ -75,9 +73,8 @@ static URI convertToURI(final File file, final boolean isDirectory) {
  }
 
  /**
- * Takes a path and convert it to a URI object. We should use this method instead of {@link Path#toUri()} because
- * {@link Path#toUri()} internally does a {@code stat} system call to extract information whether file is a
- * directory.
+ * Takes a path and convert it to a URI object. This method is preferred instead of {@link Path#toUri()} because
+ * {@link Path#toUri()} internally invokes the {@code stat} system call, resulting in filesystem metadata access.
  *
  * @param path The path
  * @param isDirectory Whether the file is a directory