From: Samuele P. <pe...@in...> - 2000-11-09 15:02:58
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Hi. Really just a detail. [Finn Bock] > I think it would be better to let the File() ctor create and handle the > aspect of relative files. I.e. > > if (dirName.length() == 0) > dirName = null; > File dir = new File(dirName, name); > > It is not well defined, what will happen if the dirName == "", but a > null directory value will create a relative file. Reading the sun docs: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/io/File.html#File(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) The contrary seems true, at least for java2. So that "" is the right choice to get a "rel" dir. But my fear is really for java1.1 and the Macs. The old sun jdk1.1 doc is mostly unclear. regards, Samuele |
From: Samuele P. <pe...@in...> - 2000-11-09 15:09:57
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Sorry, I have tried it concretely. The java 1.2 doc is confused too. You [Finn] are right, null seems to do the right job, at least with java2. regards, Samuele. |
From: <bc...@wo...> - 2000-11-09 20:36:02
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On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:09:53 +0100 (MET), you wrote: >... null seems to do the right job, at least >with java2. Also for MS jview 5.00.3229 and jdk1.1.7a regards, finn |