FALSE NEGATIVE: PULSE_RESOURCE_LEAK misses nested stream allocations before a channel try block
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Description
Hi, I found a false negative in Infer 1.3.0 when the second allocation can throw before control enters the try block, leaving the first stream and channel unclosed.
**Affected checker**
`Infer PULSE_RESOURCE_LEAK`
**Minimal reproducer**
```java
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
class InferLeakNestedChannelAllocation {
void test(File source, File destination) throws IOException {
FileChannel input = new FileInputStream(source).getChannel();
FileChannel output = new FileOutputStream(destination).getChannel();
try {
input.transferTo(0, input.size(), output);
} finally {
input.close();
output.close();
}
}
}
```
**Reproduction command**
```bash
infer --version
infer run --pulse --enable-issue-type PULSE_RESOURCE_LEAK -- javac infer-resourceleak-fn-nested-channel-allocation.java
```
**Current behavior**
Infer completes successfully but produces no `PULSE_RESOURCE_LEAK` finding.
**Expected behavior**
Infer should report `PULSE_RESOURCE_LEAK` at line 9 because the second allocation can throw before control enters the `try` block, leaving the first stream and its associated channel unclosed. As a control, the equivalent pattern using `FileInputStream` and `FileOutputStream` directly is correctly reported. The false negative appears when the first resource is accessed through its associated `FileChannel` obtained via `getChannel()`.
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