File Object, Poddar Exam Q: 41

[zulfiqar raza]

In the following question:
Q41) What will be the output
Consider a directory structure like this (NT or 95)
C:\JAVA\12345.msg --FILE

    import java.io.*; 
    public class IO { 
        public static void main(String args[]) { 
        File f1 = new File("\\12345.msg"); 
        System.out.println(f1.getPath()); 
        System.out.println(f1.getParent()); 
        System.out.println(f1.isAbsolute()); 
        System.out.println(f1.getName()); 
        System.out.println(f1.exists()); 
        System.out.println(f1.isFile()); 
       } 
    } 

The answer given is : d
d) \12345.msg
\
true
12345.msg
false
false
Shouldn't the isAbsolute method return false for Win 95, NT. That is what happens on my Win 98 machine with Java 2, sdk 1.3.
thanks,
Zulfiqar
PS: I edited it to format the code.
[This message has been edited by zulfiqar raza (edited October 19, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by zulfiqar raza (edited October 19, 2000).]

[lakshmi nair]

But i get it as
\12345.msg
\
false
12345.msg
false
false
Mine is JDK1.2 running on Win98
Lakshmi

[zulfiqar raza]

Yes, I get the same result. Like I stated the return value from isAbsolute() is false. So is the answer given incorrect?
I did look it up from Mughal/Rasmussen. It says that on Windows a path is absolute if the first character is \ or a drive letter precedes it e.g., C:\
In this case the first could be true. But the SDK return false.
Can anyone clarify?
thank you,
Zulfiqar.