Name: rmT116609 Date: 10/17/2003


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.2_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_01-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_01-b06, mixed mode)

FULL OS VERSION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
File.canWrite() returns false for the user's "My Documents" directory, when specified as the path "c:\documents and settings\<username>\my documents".

This is incorrect as the "My Documents" directory is writable.


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Compile and run the test program below. When the Swing file chooser appears, navigate to your "My Documents" directory via
c:\documents and settings\<your username>\my documents
Click OK. The debug output will indicate that this directory is not writable.
Some subdirectories under "My Documents" are writable - here's some sample output:
$ javac Foo.java && java Foo
** Not writable **: C:\Documents and Settings\johnc\My Documents
Writable: C:\Documents and Settings\johnc\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects
Writable: H:
Note, this is not a Swing problem, as the same happens when creating a File object for "c:\documents and settings\johnc\my documents" and calling canWrite() on that.



EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
canWrite() should return true for the "My Documents" directory.
ACTUAL -
canWrite() returns false for the "My Documents" directory.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.filechooser.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.File;

public class Foo extends JFrame {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
        chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
        chooser.setFileHidingEnabled(false);

        while (true) {
            int option = chooser.showDialog(frame, "OK");
            if (option != JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
                continue;

            File file = chooser.getSelectedFile();

// try {
// file = file.getAbsoluteFile();
// file = file.getCanonicalFile();
// } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("e"); }

            if (file.canWrite()) {
                System.out.println("Writable: "+file);
            } else {
                System.out.println("** Not writable **: "+file);
            }
            chooser.setCurrentDirectory(file);
        }
    }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------
(Incident Review ID: 216229)
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