On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:36:44 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <b...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Update the specification of `java.io.File.exists()` to match its behavior,
> which seems correct in the context of how the empty abstract pathname is
> documented elsewhere in the class.
This is surprising, can you establish if this has always been the case and on
all platforms? Part of the surprise is that if you use
getAbsoluteFile().exists() then it will return true. Also the new file API, the
Path.of("") does exist (if the current directory exists).
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22821#issuecomment-2555180785
