Bypass root path resolution for "file:" prefix only

Closes gh-26702

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/PathEditor.java

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceEditor;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 
 /**
  * Editor for {@code java.nio.file.Path}, to directly populate a Path
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class PathEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 
 	@Override
 	public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException {
-		boolean nioPathCandidate = !text.startsWith(ResourceLoader.CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX);
+		boolean nioPathCandidate = !text.startsWith(ResourceUtils.CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX);
 		if (nioPathCandidate && !text.startsWith("/")) {
 			try {
 				URI uri = new URI(text);
@@ -85,9 +85,13 @@ public class PathEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 					return;
 				}
 			}
-			catch (URISyntaxException | FileSystemNotFoundException ex) {
-				// Not a valid URI (let's try as Spring resource location),
-				// or a URI scheme not registered for NIO (let's try URL
+			catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
+				// Not a valid URI; potentially a Windows-style path after
+				// a file prefix (let's try as Spring resource location)
+				nioPathCandidate = !text.startsWith(ResourceUtils.FILE_URL_PREFIX);
+			}
+			catch (FileSystemNotFoundException ex) {
+				// URI scheme not registered for NIO (let's try URL
 				// protocol handlers via Spring's resource mechanism).
 			}
 		}
@@ -97,8 +101,7 @@ public class PathEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 		if (resource == null) {
 			setValue(null);
 		}
-		else if (!resource.isFile() && !resource.exists() && nioPathCandidate) {
-			// Prefer getFile().toPath() below for non-existent file handles
+		else if (nioPathCandidate && !resource.exists()) {
 			setValue(Paths.get(text).normalize());
 		}
 		else {

spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/PathEditorTests.java

@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ public class PathEditorTests {
 		pathEditor.setAsText("classpath:" + ClassUtils.classPackageAsResourcePath(getClass()) + "/" +
 				ClassUtils.getShortName(getClass()) + ".class");
 		Object value = pathEditor.getValue();
-		boolean condition = value instanceof Path;
-		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(value instanceof Path).isTrue();
 		Path path = (Path) value;
 		assertThat(path.toFile().exists()).isTrue();
 	}
@@ -57,11 +56,9 @@ public class PathEditorTests {
 		PropertyEditor pathEditor = new PathEditor();
 		pathEditor.setAsText("file:/no_way_this_file_is_found.doc");
 		Object value = pathEditor.getValue();
-		boolean condition1 = value instanceof Path;
-		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
+		assertThat(value instanceof Path).isTrue();
 		Path path = (Path) value;
-		boolean condition = !path.toFile().exists();
-		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(!path.toFile().exists()).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -69,11 +66,9 @@ public class PathEditorTests {
 		PropertyEditor pathEditor = new PathEditor();
 		pathEditor.setAsText("/no_way_this_file_is_found.doc");
 		Object value = pathEditor.getValue();
-		boolean condition1 = value instanceof Path;
-		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
+		assertThat(value instanceof Path).isTrue();
 		Path path = (Path) value;
-		boolean condition = !path.toFile().exists();
-		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(!path.toFile().exists()).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -81,11 +76,9 @@ public class PathEditorTests {
 		PropertyEditor pathEditor = new PathEditor();
 		pathEditor.setAsText("C:\\no_way_this_file_is_found.doc");
 		Object value = pathEditor.getValue();
-		boolean condition1 = value instanceof Path;
-		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
+		assertThat(value instanceof Path).isTrue();
 		Path path = (Path) value;
-		boolean condition = !path.toFile().exists();
-		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(!path.toFile().exists()).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -93,11 +86,9 @@ public class PathEditorTests {
 		PropertyEditor pathEditor = new PathEditor();
 		pathEditor.setAsText("file://C:\\no_way_this_file_is_found.doc");
 		Object value = pathEditor.getValue();
-		boolean condition1 = value instanceof Path;
-		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
+		assertThat(value instanceof Path).isTrue();
 		Path path = (Path) value;
-		boolean condition = !path.toFile().exists();
-		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(!path.toFile().exists()).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -107,8 +98,7 @@ public class PathEditorTests {
 				ClassUtils.getShortName(getClass()) + ".class";
 		pathEditor.setAsText(fileName);
 		Object value = pathEditor.getValue();
-		boolean condition = value instanceof Path;
-		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(value instanceof Path).isTrue();
 		Path path = (Path) value;
 		File file = path.toFile();
 		assertThat(file.exists()).isTrue();
@@ -126,8 +116,7 @@ public class PathEditorTests {
 				ClassUtils.getShortName(getClass()) + ".clazz";
 		pathEditor.setAsText(fileName);
 		Object value = pathEditor.getValue();
-		boolean condition = value instanceof Path;
-		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(value instanceof Path).isTrue();
 		Path path = (Path) value;
 		File file = path.toFile();
 		assertThat(file.exists()).isFalse();