java.io.File#toPath() on Windows doesn't understand "NUL:" (null device)?

[Jaikiran Pai]

On 17/03/21 8:51 am, Jaikiran Pai wrote:
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> Test results are from latest Java 16 release on a Windows setup.

Just gave a quick try against Java 8 (java.version=1.8.0_252) and it 
fails on that version too with the same error:

Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal 
char <:> at index 3: NUL:
     at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:182)
     at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:153)
     at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:77)
     at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:94)
     at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:255)
     at java.io.File.toPath(File.java:2234)
     at FileTest.main(FileTest.java:18)


-Jaikiran