RFR: 8354450: Using a File with a path containing a trailing space should fail when alternative data streams are disabled (win) [v2]

[Alan Bateman]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:01:50 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> From experimentation with C++ code is VS, it appears that `CreateDirectoryW` will create a directory with either a leading or trailing space in its name, whereas `createFileW` will create a file with a leading space in its name, but a trailing space is trimmed.

Right, the Windows APIs are very inconsistent on this, and why the Windows implementation of Path will always reject input where an element has a trailing space.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24635#discussion_r2050315986