RFR: 8349812: (fs) Files.newByteChannel with empty path name and CREATE_NEW throws unexpected exception

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:28:58 GMT, Maxim Kartashev <mkartashev at openjdk.org> wrote:

> `UnixFileChannelFactory.open()` checks for the current directory by looking at the first byte of the name, which in case of an empty path is simply not there. This check throws an `ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException` and prevents the correct exception from being thrown.
> 
> The suggested solution is to use another method that translates a path name into a byte array called `getByteArrayForSysCalls()` that is specifically designed to handle the case of empty path names.
> 
> Tested by running `java/nio` tests on Linux.

test/jdk/java/nio/file/Files/SBC.java line 66:

> 64:             unsupportedOptions(dir);
> 65:             nullTests(dir);
> 66:             emptyPathTest();

I think the `@bug` of this test would also have to be updated to include `8349812`.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23560#discussion_r1950728147