RFR: 8024695: new File("").exists() returns false whereas it is the current working directory

[Alan Bateman]

On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:36:44 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Update the specification of `java.io.File.exists()` to match its behavior, which seems correct in the context of how the empty abstract pathname is documented elsewhere in the class.

This is surprising, can you establish if this has always been the case and on all platforms? Part of the surprise is that if you use getAbsoluteFile().exists() then it will return true. Also the new file API, the Path.of("") does exist (if the current directory exists).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22821#issuecomment-2555180785