throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
if (path.Length == 0)
- throw new ArgumentException(SR.Arg_PathIllegal);
+ throw new ArgumentException(SR.Arg_PathIllegal, nameof(path));
PathInternal.CheckInvalidPathChars(path);
return path.Length > 0 && path[0] == PathInternal.DirectorySeparatorChar;
}
+ // The resulting string is null if path is null. If the path is empty or
+ // only contains whitespace characters an ArgumentException gets thrown.
public static string GetPathRoot(string path)
{
if (path == null) return null;
- return IsPathRooted(path) ? PathInternal.DirectorySeparatorCharAsString : String.Empty;
+ if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+ throw new ArgumentException(SR.Arg_PathIllegal, nameof(path));
+
+ return IsPathRooted(path) ? PathInternal.DirectorySeparatorCharAsString : String.Empty;
}
/// <summary>Gets whether the system is case-sensitive.</summary>
// path on the current drive), "X:" (a relative path on a given drive,
// where X is the drive letter), "X:\" (an absolute path on a given drive),
// and "\\server\share" (a UNC path for a given server and share name).
- // The resulting string is null if path is null.
+ // The resulting string is null if path is null. If the path is empty or
+ // only contains whitespace characters an ArgumentException gets thrown.
public static string GetPathRoot(string path)
{
if (path == null) return null;
+ if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+ throw new ArgumentException(SR.Arg_PathIllegal, nameof(path));
+
PathInternal.CheckInvalidPathChars(path);
// Need to return the normalized directory separator