src/windows/classes/sun/nio/fs/WindowsPathParser.java

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      /**
       * Parses the given input as a Windows path
       */
      static Result parse(String input) {
-         if (input == null || input.length() == 0)
-             throw new InvalidPathException(input, "Empty or null path");
          return parse(input, true);
      }
  
      /**
       * Parses the given input as a Windows path where it is known that the
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                      }
                  }
              }
          }
          if (off == 0) {
!             if (isSlash(input.charAt(0))) {
                  type = WindowsPathType.DIRECTORY_RELATIVE;
                  root = "\\";
              } else {
                  type = WindowsPathType.RELATIVE;
              }
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                      }
                  }
              }
          }
          if (off == 0) {
!             if (len > 0 && isSlash(input.charAt(0))) {
                  type = WindowsPathType.DIRECTORY_RELATIVE;
                  root = "\\";
              } else {
                  type = WindowsPathType.RELATIVE;
              }