java: new File(“”, “name”) != new File(“name”) ? (file constructor with empty string)

Question

Noticed this today.

Given that a file named \"existing\" exists in the PWD of a java process (windows).

new File(\"existing\").exists() => true
         


        

Answer 1

From java.io.File:

If parent is the empty string then the new File instance is created
by converting child into an abstract pathname and resolving the result
against a system-dependent default directory.

There's no mention of what the default directory is.