8207690: Parsing API for classpath and similar path strings

[Roger Riggs]

Hi,

What would the use case be for that?

A search path is usually just a sequence of file paths;  wildcard 
expansion is not includes.
Wildcards are significant only in shell contexts, though the expansion 
is done by the shell on Unix and by the application on Windows;  it 
would add a fair bit of complexity.

Roger


On 9/11/18 10:44 AM, Weijun Wang wrote:
> Is the wildcard character allowed in the input?
>
> I'm thinking of the wildcard support in classpath.
>
> --Max
>
>> On Sep 11, 2018, at 2:16 AM, Roger Riggs <Roger.Riggs at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Please review the API and implementation of an API to parse Path strings.
>> Two methods are added to java.nio.file.Paths to parse a string using the path separator delimiter
>> and return either List<String> or List<Path>.  Empty path elements are ignored.
>>
>> For compatibility with current URLClassPath behavior the internal implementation handles
>> replacement of empty paths.
>>
>> Webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-8207690_parsing_api_for_classpath_and_similar_path_strings/
>>
>> CSR:
>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208208
>>
>> Thanks, Roger
>>