[IO-179] StringIndexOutOfBounds exception on FilenameUtils.getPathNoEndSeparator

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.2, 1.4
• Fix Version/s: 2.0
• Component/s: Utilities

Environment

Javadoc says that method is text based. In any case, the problem has been reproduced in Windows and Linux.

• Assignee: Niall Pemberton
• Reporter: Francisco Borges
• Created: 21/Aug/08 10:09
• Updated: 21/Jul/10 17:00
• Resolved: 29/Nov/08 01:51

Description

public void testFilenameUtils()

{ String path = "/foo.xml"; org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.getPathNoEndSeparator(path); }

Leads to:

java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1768)
at org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.doGetPath(FilenameUtils.java:705)
at org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.getPathNoEndSeparator(FilenameUtils.java:683)