JDK-8215008 : Clear confusion between URL/URI paths and file system paths
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Affected Version: 11,12
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2018-12-07
  • Updated: 2019-01-07
  • Resolved: 2018-12-11
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JDK 12
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Description
There seem to be some confusion between URL/URI paths and filesystem paths (see for instance JDK-6219961). An API note could be added to both URL/URI classes to stress out that these classes use '/' as separator and don't have any specific knowledge of the native filesystem.