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Matt Foley commented on HADOOP-7393:
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Three solutions might be valid:
# Like Path, convert the pathstring to an absolute pathstring. If it is
desired to give the user an fs pathstring instead of URI as used by Path, then
convert the relative fs pathstring into an absolute fs pathstring, and store
that.
# Store the absolute path (or Path) of the CWD at instantiation time. When
#string is referenced, compare the current WD to the stored WD, and if they
differ, convert #string to an absolute stringpath wrt the stored WD.
# Don't store #string. Like Path, discard the pathstring after instantiation.
If needed later, return Path#uri.
> PathData saves original string value, inviting failure when CWD changes
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> Key: HADOOP-7393
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7393
> Project: Hadoop Common
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: fs
> Affects Versions: 0.23.0
> Reporter: Matt Foley
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> PathData#string stores the pathstring originally used to construct the Path,
> and returns it from various methods, apparently in an attempt to improve the
> user experience for the shell.
> However, the current working directory may change, and if so this string
> value becomes meaningless and/or incorrect in context.
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