com.huguesjohnson
Class PathResolver

java.lang.Object
  com.huguesjohnson.PathResolver

public abstract class PathResolver
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to resolve full and absolute paths

Author:

Hugues Johnson

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	PARENT_PATH public final static String PARENT_PATH="..";
static java.lang.String	SELF_PATH public final static String SELF_PATH=".";

Constructor Summary

PathResolver()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String

getAbsolutePath(java.lang.String absolutePath, java.lang.String relativePath) Resolves an absolute path against a relative path to get an absolute path. Case insensitive Examples of input/output combinations: absolutePath="c:\\folder1\\" relativePath=".\\sub-folder1\\" getAbsolutePath="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" absolutePath="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" relativePath="..\\..\\folder2\\" getAbsolutePath="c:\\folder2\\" absolutePath="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" relativePath="..\\..\\folder2\\file.txt" getAbsolutePath="c:\\folder2\\file.txt"

static java.lang.String

getRelativePath(java.lang.String absolutePath1, java.lang.String absolutePath2) Resolves an absolute path against another to get a relative path. Case insensitive Examples of input/output combinations: absolutePath1="c:\\folder1\\" absolutePath2="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" getRelativePath=".\\sub-folder1\\" absolutePath1="c:\\folder1\\" absolutePath2="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\file.txt" getRelativePath=".\\sub-folder1\\file.txt" absolutePath1="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" absolutePath2="c:\\folder2\\" getRelativePath="..\\..\\folder2\\" If the drives are different then an absolute path must be returned. For example: absolutePath1="c:\\folder1\\" absolutePath2="d:\\folder2\\" getRelativePath="d:\\folder2\\"

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PARENT_PATH

public static final java.lang.String PARENT_PATH

public final static String PARENT_PATH="..";

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Constant Field Values

SELF_PATH

public static final java.lang.String SELF_PATH

public final static String SELF_PATH=".";

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PathResolver

public PathResolver()

Method Detail

getRelativePath

public static final java.lang.String getRelativePath(java.lang.String absolutePath1,
                                                     java.lang.String absolutePath2)

Resolves an absolute path against another to get a relative path.
Case insensitive
Examples of input/output combinations:

• absolutePath1="c:\\folder1\\" absolutePath2="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" getRelativePath=".\\sub-folder1\\"
• absolutePath1="c:\\folder1\\" absolutePath2="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\file.txt" getRelativePath=".\\sub-folder1\\file.txt"
• absolutePath1="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" absolutePath2="c:\\folder2\\" getRelativePath="..\\..\\folder2\\"

If the drives are different then an absolute path must be returned.
For example: absolutePath1="c:\\folder1\\" absolutePath2="d:\\folder2\\" getRelativePath="d:\\folder2\\"

getAbsolutePath

public static final java.lang.String getAbsolutePath(java.lang.String absolutePath,
                                                     java.lang.String relativePath)

Resolves an absolute path against a relative path to get an absolute path.
Case insensitive
Examples of input/output combinations:

• absolutePath="c:\\folder1\\" relativePath=".\\sub-folder1\\" getAbsolutePath="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\"
• absolutePath="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" relativePath="..\\..\\folder2\\" getAbsolutePath="c:\\folder2\\"
• absolutePath="c:\\folder1\\sub-folder1\\" relativePath="..\\..\\folder2\\file.txt" getAbsolutePath="c:\\folder2\\file.txt"