(fs) Path should have a method to obtain the filename extension

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    • Type: Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: P3
    • 20
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: core-libs
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      For some reason Path.getFileName() returns a Path, not a String. This makes it clumsy to see if the filename has a particular extension, since you need an ugly .toString() to get the string of the Path before you can call .endsWith.

      It would be nicer if there was a recognition that manipulating extensions was a common operations on many path objects, and if there was API for that.

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        		 Release Note: The new method Path::getExtension returns the file’s extension Sub-task Closed Brian Burkhalter  

            Assignee:
            Brian Burkhalter
            Reporter:
            Jonathan Gibbons
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