Make `UnionFileSystem.getBasePaths` public

[Gaming32]

This is incredibly useful for discovering all elements on the classpath. Currently only getPrimaryPath is available, which isn't sufficient for UFSes with multiple base paths, such as the Minecraft one (made up of NeoForge, client-extra, and client).

[marchermans]

What is the functional requirement here?

[Gaming32]

getBasePaths is already a method, but it's package-private.

[marchermans]

getBasePaths is already a method, but it's package-private.

That is not an argument for making it public. We encapsulate it by default. So unless you have a reason why you want this I am not sure we will do this?

[Gaming32]

I'm enumerating the classpath of the game, and I want to get the jars in the classpath. However, if I only have access to the primary path, then some JARs that belong to certain modules are not exposed in the enumerated classpath. A good example of this is Minecraft. Minecraft is made up of three JARs: neoforge, client-extra, and client. getPrimaryPath only exposes the last, meaning that assets and NeoForge are not visible to my code relying on the classpath.

[marchermans]

I'm enumerating the classpath of the game, and I want to get the jars in the classpath. However, if I only have access to the primary path, then some JARs that belong to certain modules are not exposed in the enumerated classpath. A good example of this is Minecraft. Minecraft is made up of three JARs: neoforge, client-extra, and client. getPrimaryPath only exposes the last, meaning that assets and NeoForge are not visible to my code relying on the classpath.

Enumerating the classpath of the game is a bad idea. Maybe we can provide you with a better API that is suited for your usecase.

What are you exactly trying to do?

[Gaming32]

I'm trying to give a library that requires the classpath in a list (it can't find it itself because its locator doesn't work with Neo's class loaders) the classpath in a list.

[marchermans]

I'm trying to give a library that requires the classpath in a list (it can't find it itself because it's locator doesn't work with Neo's class loaders) the classpath in a list.

Please contact me on discord.
I am not quite as comfortable with exposing this information as I need to be to merge it.