What is the better way to handle system path (

/path/to/file

), than store it as a

String

? Better way to split it later by directories (

path

,

to

,

file

)?

If you are talking strictly JVM, then `Path`: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/file/Path.html

If you have the time to implement the members, maybe a

inline class Path(private val value: String)

on multi-platform.

So the actual path will be stored as a

String

inside a

Path

class, won't it?

Yes, on the other platforms. On JVM it could be the

java.nio.file.Path

.

Also I need the path to be serialized, so, perhaps, I should not use Java's

Path

?

Oh, then definitely stick to

String

.

I was afraid of that

"/path/to/file".split('/')

should do the trick.

Great, thanks 🙂

you could still use

Path

but serialize it as an absolute path string, as working with paths is a PITA

"/path/to/file".split('/')

Beware the platform.

/

might not be the path seperator

seriously, paths are as much of a pandora's box as timezones and string encodings

Ouch, so I need

Path

to handle cross-platform? But it seems tricky to serialize