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Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 11:27 am**

While answering questions for OCP cert came across this question:

What will the following code fragment print?

        Path p1 = Paths.get("c:\\personal\\.\\photos\\..\\readme.txt");
        Path p2 = Paths.get("c:\\personal\\index.html");
        Path p3 = p1.relativize(p2);
        System.out.println(p3);

The correct answer was :

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..\..\..\..\index.html

But on my machine (eclipse Ide, jdk13) i get this:

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..\index.html

Makes sense to me. Am I doing something wrong?

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:46 pm**

This question is not from OCA. It is from OCP.
Are you using OCP 8 question bank?

1. Java >=11 normalizes paths before computing relativize. Since you are using Java 13, you are getting a different answer.
2. As per JavaDoc of the relativize method:

Where both paths have a root component then it is implementation dependent if a relative path can be constructed.

Depending on which version of the exam you are studying for the answer would be different. The explanation in the OCP java 11 question bank notes this point. But if you are using OCP 8 question bank then the given answer is correct.

Posted: **Thu Nov 14, 2024 4:00 am**

Yes, I meant OCP 8 question bank. I will change the jdk version to 8. Thanks for the quick replay.

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