java: new File(“”, “name”) != new File(“name”) ? (file constructor with empty string)

Question

Noticed this today.

Given that a file named \"existing\" exists in the PWD of a java process (windows).

new File(\"existing\").exists() => true
         


        

Answer 1

This is what's happening. But I agree because this is confusing

new File("", "test").getAbsolutePath() => /test
new File(".", "test").getAbsolutePath() => ${pwd}/test

I have no idea why this is the case because I had assumed it would also be pwd for the first one.