We should explicitly call it out here: http://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/r3.3.4/zookeeperProgrammers.html#ch_zkDataModel
Patrick 2011/12/12 Daniel Gómez Ferro <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > If we allow using a trailing '/' somebody might think that it is always fine > to have it, but for example create can have different meanings if the path > has a trailing '/' or not: > zk.create("/test", null, Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE, > CreateMode.PERSISTENT_SEQUENTIAL) -> creates /test0000000000 > zk.create("/test/", null, Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE, > CreateMode.PERSISTENT_SEQUENTIAL) -> creates /test/0000000000 > > If we still allow it documenting this clearly might be enough, I don't know. > > On Dec 11, 2011, at 21:03 , Harsh J wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> Would anyone happen to know why we strictly check against a trailing slash >> in client-provided paths to various commands? >> >> Specifically, this error: >> >> [zk: localhost:2181(CONNECTED) 0] ls /storm/ >> Command failed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path must not end with / >> character >> >> If there's no strong reason nor is it harmful to, perhaps I could go ahead >> and open up a JIRA to remove a trailing slash instead of throwing out an >> exception? >> >> Thanks, >> ./Harsh >
