RFR: 8287843: File::getCanonicalFile doesn't work for \?\C:\ style paths DOS device paths [v4]

Thu Sep 21 00:49:52 UTC 2023

On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:48:13 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> In the Windows implementation of java.io.File.getCanonicalPath, strip any long path or UNC prefix before canonicalizing the remainder of the pathname.
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> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   8287843: Move prefix stripping to separate method; add to isAbsolute

Support for `isAbsolute` was added. All `jdk_core` tests still pass. Test cases still need to be added to `GetAbsolutePath.java` and `IsAbsolute.java`. These tests also appear ripe for conversion to JUnit 5.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15603#issuecomment-1728602641