[jira] [Assigned] (CURATOR-128) There is no namespace-safe way to refer to the root node

["Jordan Zimmerman (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jordan Zimmerman reassigned CURATOR-128:
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    Assignee: Jordan Zimmerman

> There is no namespace-safe way to refer to the root node
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CURATOR-128
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CURATOR-128
>             Project: Apache Curator
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Framework
>            Reporter: Scott Blum
>            Assignee: Jordan Zimmerman
>
> Add the following test to TestNamespaceFacade:
> {code}
>     @Test
>     public void     testRootAccess() throws Exception
>     {
>         CuratorFramework    client = CuratorFrameworkFactory.newClient(server.getConnectString(), new RetryOneTime(1));
>         try
>         {
>             client.start();
>             client.create().forPath("/one");
>             Assert.assertNotNull(client.getZookeeperClient().getZooKeeper().exists("/one", false));
>             Assert.assertNotNull(client.checkExists().forPath("/"));
>             try
>             {
>                 client.checkExists().forPath("");
>                 Assert.fail("IllegalArgumentException expected");
>             }
>             catch ( IllegalArgumentException expected )
>             {
>             }
>             Assert.assertNotNull(client.usingNamespace("one").checkExists().forPath(""));
>             try
>             {
>                 client.usingNamespace("one").checkExists().forPath("/");
>                 Assert.fail("IllegalArgumentException expected");
>             }
>             catch ( IllegalArgumentException expected )
>             {
>             }
>         }
>         finally
>         {
>             CloseableUtils.closeQuietly(client);
>         }
>     }
> {code}
> This tests PASSES, which means that there's no canonical way to refer to the root node.  If the client is not namespaced, "/" works and "" does not work.  If the client is namespaced, "" works and "/" does not.
> In either case, I think ZKPaths.makePath mishandles certain cases.
> If you append "/foo" and "/" the result is "/foo/" which is an invalid path.
> On the other hand, if you append "" and "bar" the result is "//bar" which is also invalid.
> What's the right behavior here?  Does the root node / root of a namespace always need to be referred to as "/" or is empty string an acceptable alias?



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