PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver should enforce OS-independent sorting of directory content [SPR-16838]

[spring-projects-issues]

Benoit opened SPR-16838 and commented

A sort was added in #18657 but the default File#compareTo depends upon the underlying system.

The ordering of the ressources returned by PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver#retrieveMatchingFiles may differ between OS (Windows, Unix).

This leads to subtle bugs hard to track.

 This PR replace the default sort with one based on the file name.

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Affects: 5.0.6

Issue Links:

• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver should enforce consistent alphabetical sorting of directory content [SPR-14085] #18657 PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver should enforce consistent alphabetical sorting of directory content
• java.nio.file.Path support in FileSystemResource (with regular createRelative behavior, superseding PathResource) [SPR-16833] #21373 java.nio.file.Path support in FileSystemResource (with regular createRelative behavior, superseding PathResource)

Referenced from: pull request #1832, and commits bb6ab5d

[spring-projects-issues]

Juergen Hoeller commented

Resolved in a more extensive fashion through a listDirectory template method.