RFR: 8191963: Path.equals() and File.equals() return true for two different files on Windows [v3]

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:33:13 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains five additional commits since the last revision:
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>>  - 8191963: Make legacy behavior be the default
>>  - Merge
>>  - 8191963: Add system property to enable legacy behavior
>>  - Merge
>>  - 8191963: Path.equals() and File.equals() return true for two different files on Windows
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> src/java.base/windows/classes/java/io/WinNTFileSystem.java line 660:
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>> 658:                 }
>> 659:             }
>> 660:             return n1 - n2;
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> Can WindowsPath have a public common method to compare the string versions? (To avoid code duplication).

That would be good, but I don't believe there is anything in common now so as to avoid loading IO forcing loading NIO.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25788#discussion_r2445430482