8207690: Parsing API for classpath and similar path strings

[Weijun Wang]

Is the wildcard character allowed in the input?

I'm thinking of the wildcard support in classpath.

--Max

> On Sep 11, 2018, at 2:16 AM, Roger Riggs <Roger.Riggs at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Please review the API and implementation of an API to parse Path strings.
> Two methods are added to java.nio.file.Paths to parse a string using the path separator delimiter
> and return either List<String> or List<Path>.  Empty path elements are ignored.
> 
> For compatibility with current URLClassPath behavior the internal implementation handles
> replacement of empty paths.
> 
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-8207690_parsing_api_for_classpath_and_similar_path_strings/
> 
> CSR:
>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208208
> 
> Thanks, Roger
>