RFR: 8307976: (fs) Files.createDirectories(dir) returns dir::toAbsolutePath instead of dir

[Alan Bateman]

On Fri, 12 May 2023 17:00:48 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Return `dir`, not `dir::toAbsolutePath`.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java line 769:

> 767:         }
> 768:         // find a descendant that exists
> 769:         Path parent = absDir.getParent();

This will NPE if SecurityException is thrown, can't initialise absDir to null.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13959#discussion_r1192635235