info.flexmojos.utilities
Class PathUtil

java.lang.Object
  info.flexmojos.utilities.PathUtil

public class PathUtil
extends java.lang.Object

this class provides functions used to generate a relative path from two absolute paths

Author:

David M. Howard

Constructor Summary

PathUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getRelativePath(java.io.File home, java.io.File f) get relative path of File 'f' with respect to 'home' directory example : home = /a/b/c f = /a/d/e/x.txt s = getRelativePath(home,f) = ../..
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) test the function

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PathUtil

public PathUtil()

Method Detail

getRelativePath

public static java.lang.String getRelativePath(java.io.File home,
                                               java.io.File f)

get relative path of File 'f' with respect to 'home' directory example : home = /a/b/c f = /a/d/e/x.txt s = getRelativePath(home,f) = ../../d/e/x.txt

Parameters:

home - base path, should be a directory, not a file, or it doesn't make sense

f - file to generate path for

Returns:

path from home to f as a string

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

test the function