org.carrot2.util

Class PathUtils

java.lang.Object

org.carrot2.util.PathUtils

public class PathUtils
extends Object

This class defines utilities methods helping to determine path-related information such as relative paths. The original code comes from org.codehaus.plexus.util.PathTool.

Author:

Ibrahim Chaehoi Original Authors :, Pete Kazmier, Vincent Massol, Vincent Siveton

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PathUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getRelativeFilePath(String oldPath, String newPath) This method can calculate the relative path between two pathes on a file system.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PathUtils

public PathUtils()

Method Detail

getRelativeFilePath

public static final String getRelativeFilePath(String oldPath,
                         String newPath)

This method can calculate the relative path between two pathes on a file system.

 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( null, null )                                   = ""
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( null, "/usr/local/java/bin" )                  = ""
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local", null )                           = ""
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local", "/usr/local/java/bin" )          = "java/bin"
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local", "/usr/local/java/bin/" )         = "java/bin"
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local/java/bin", "/usr/local/" )         = "../.."
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local/", "/usr/local/java/bin/java.sh" ) = "java/bin/java.sh"
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local/java/bin/java.sh", "/usr/local/" ) = "../../.."
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local/", "/bin" )                        = "../../bin"
 PathUtils.getRelativeFilePath( "/bin", "/usr/local/" )                        = "../usr/local"
 

Note: On Windows based system, the / character should be replaced by \ character.

Parameters:

oldPath -

newPath -

Returns:

a relative file path from oldPath.