It seems nobody paid attention but the Javadoc reads:
Returns a platform-neutral string representation of this path. The
format is *not specified*, except that the resulting string can be
passed back to the |Path#fromPortableString(String)| constructor to
produce the exact same path on any platform.
This string is suitable for passing to |Path#fromPortableString(String)|.
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Beside some output to the Logger this method is mainly used in the
FileList creation.
While the IntelliJ Version just replace Windows backslashes with slashes
the Eclipse Version is a little bit more "powerful" !
http://grepcode.com/file/repo1.maven.org/maven2/org.eclipse.equinox/common/3.6.200-v20130402-1505/org/eclipse/core/runtime/Path.java#Path.toPortableString%28%29
My recommendation would be either: To explicitly describe what a
portable path string should look like or drop this method off the IPath
interface.
We normally only deal with relative path which even should not contain
characters or names that are not valid on certain Operating Systems so
there is no need
to encode full path drive letters, UNC paths or special characters like,
eg. : which is currently what the Eclipse implementation will do.
Any thoughts ?
BR,
Stefan
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