[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-299?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13206439#comment-13206439 ]
Thilina Dampahala edited comment on IO-299 at 2/12/12 4:11 PM: --------------------------------------------------------------- In this case for your input "////I don't want to become null!", I think the expected output should be In Unix: "//I don't want to become null!" In Windows: Same with the other slash Any ideas on this? was (Author: thdamp): In this case for your input "////I don't want to become null!", I think the expected output should be In Unix: "//I don't want to become null!" In Windows: \\I don't want to become null! Any ideas on this? > getPrefixLength returns null if filename has leading slashes > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: IO-299 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-299 > Project: Commons IO > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Utilities > Affects Versions: 2.0.1, 2.1 > Reporter: Rick Latrine > Original Estimate: 2h > Remaining Estimate: 2h > > Situation: > FilenameUtils.getPrefixLength is used in FilenameUtils.doNormalize. > FilenameUtils.normalize("////I don't want to become null!") returns null. > Problem: > Expected was: "I don't want to become null!" > The method FilenameUtils.getPrefixLength returns -1 for the mentioned string. > The root problem is found in following lines of code: > {code:title=FilenameUtils.getPrefixLength} > ... > int posUnix = filename.indexOf(UNIX_SEPARATOR, 2); > int posWin = filename.indexOf(WINDOWS_SEPARATOR, 2); > if ((posUnix == -1 && posWin == -1) || posUnix == 2 || posWin > == 2) { > return -1; > } > ... > {code} > Solution: > All leading slashes should be ignored at all, but considering the rest of the > string. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira