From 3781ba223ed76823b99e9c699e0957b391e22bf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Hoeller <juergen.hoeller@broadcom.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:32:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize NIO path resolution in PathEditor

Closes gh-35304
---
 .../org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/PathEditor.java   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/PathEditor.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/PathEditor.java
index 3fc5065b599..7b53e70ff3a 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/PathEditor.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/propertyeditors/PathEditor.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class PathEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 		if (resource == null) {
 			setValue(null);
 		}
-		else if (nioPathCandidate && !resource.exists()) {
+		else if (nioPathCandidate && (!resource.isFile() || !resource.exists())) {
 			setValue(Paths.get(text).normalize());
 		}
 		else {