[jira] [Created] (CURATOR-128) There is no namespace-safe way to refer to the root node

[Scott Blum (JIRA)]

Scott Blum created CURATOR-128:
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             Summary: There is no namespace-safe way to refer to the root node
                 Key: CURATOR-128
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CURATOR-128
             Project: Apache Curator
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Framework
            Reporter: Scott Blum


Add the following test to TestNamespaceFacade:

{code}
    @Test
    public void     testRootAccess() throws Exception
    {
        CuratorFramework    client = 
CuratorFrameworkFactory.newClient(server.getConnectString(), new 
RetryOneTime(1));
        try
        {
            client.start();

            client.create().forPath("/one");
            
Assert.assertNotNull(client.getZookeeperClient().getZooKeeper().exists("/one", 
false));

            Assert.assertNotNull(client.checkExists().forPath("/"));
            try
            {
                client.checkExists().forPath("");
                Assert.fail("IllegalArgumentException expected");
            }
            catch ( IllegalArgumentException expected )
            {
            }

            
Assert.assertNotNull(client.usingNamespace("one").checkExists().forPath(""));
            try
            {
                client.usingNamespace("one").checkExists().forPath("/");
                Assert.fail("IllegalArgumentException expected");
            }
            catch ( IllegalArgumentException expected )
            {
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            CloseableUtils.closeQuietly(client);
        }
    }
{code}

This tests PASSES, which means that there's no canonical way to refer to the 
root node.  If the client is not namespaced, "/" works and "" does not work.  
If the client is namespaced, "" works and "/" does not.

In either case, I think ZKPaths.makePath mishandles certain cases.

If you append "/foo" and "/" the result is "/foo/" which is an invalid path.
On the other hand, if you append "" and "bar" the result is "//bar" which is 
also invalid.

What's the right behavior here?  Does the root node / root of a namespace 
always need to be referred to as "/" or is empty string an acceptable alias?



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