On Fri, 21 May 2021 03:21:19 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The JFileChooser supports the libraries since it allows navigation inside 
>> them. It is done via ShellFolder which extends the file class. The 
>> FileSystemView feeds the JFileChooser by the data, so it may returns 
>> "non-file" objects.
>> For example the FileSystemView.getRoots() on WIndows will return "new 
>> Win32ShellFolder2(DESKTOP)".
>> 
>> Usually, when the FileSystemView gets a file object it checks that the file 
>> is "instance ShellFolder".
>> For example, in the newly added method the line "sf = 
>> ShellFolder.getShellFolder(f);" will check that the file is ShellFolder and 
>> return it as-is without checking of file existence, and really that path may 
>> not exist. but if it is a plain file it will check that.
>> 
>> This is why I have asked about virtual folders, do we test them or we can 
>> consider them as "not existed"?
>
> Maybe we can test this case by just reusing this method where the 
> "sf.getIcon(largeicon)" previously used in the WindowsPlacesBar class? That 
> old method has the special code for "folder.isLibrary()" so I assume it 
> supported the Libraries. And if we will start to use the new method then all 
> old tests for the JFileChooser will start to test it.

What is the library a collection folder such as Recent Items or Documents?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2875

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