RFR: 8369817: [TESTBUG] EmptyPath::toString is ignored

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:53:55 GMT, Francesco Andreuzzi <fandreuzzi at openjdk.org> wrote:

> JUnit ignores `@Test` methods which do not return `void`:
> 
> 
> (1) [WARNING] @Test method 'public java.lang.String EmptyPath.toString()' must not return a value. It will not be executed.
>     Source: MethodSource [className = 'EmptyPath', methodName = 'toString', methodParameterTypes = '']
>             at EmptyPath.toString(SourceFile:0)
> 
> 
> I propose to amend the method signature. This looks trivial to me.

test/jdk/java/io/File/EmptyPath.java line 385:

> 383: 
> 384:     @Test
> 385:     public void callToString() {

Good catch. I checked our CI for this test execution and it too reports this warning in the logs.

I think instead of `callToString()`, we should just rename it to `testToString()`.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27797#discussion_r2428761000