[jcifs] SmbFile.getParent() NullPointerException

David Kaelbling dkaelbling at blackducksoftware.com
Sat Nov 13 08:46:19 MST 2010


> Remember that every valid SMB URL that refers to a file must have at least four slashes: two to 
> separate the protocol from the host, another to separate the host from the share, and one more 
> to separate the share from the file.  When the host, share, and file are all null, you get the seemingly 
> odd result.

Ah, that may be why the code is written that way!  Although getPath() needs to work for more than just file URLs, of course.

  -- David


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