Why File.getParent() returns a path without slashes in windows?

Question

I have a java programe which works well in linux, but it returns wrong values in windows. I have a File variable and I try to retrieve its parent path with getParent() method. The result in windows is a path without slashes.

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File store = fileChooser.getSelectedFile ();  
System.out.println(store.getParent()); 
// prints C:UsersMynameDesktopTest
// expected C:/Users/Myname/Desktop/Test

Anyone knows the cause of this problem ?

Answer 1

I found the solution of this problem:

I used I used replaceAll() method to modify a configuration file, and in the second parameter I put my path (which is C:\Users\Myname\Desktop\Test in windows). It is mentionned in the the Javadoc that backslashes (\) and dollar signs ($) in the replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were being treated as a literal replacement string.

So to resolve this problem I did:

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content.replaceAll("root/ca", store.getParent().replaceAll("\\\\", "/") );

It works directly on linux because in linux the default file separator is "/".