Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * [The "BSD licence"] * Copyright (c) 2010 Ben Gruver * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products * derived from this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT * INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.ArrayList; public class Main { public static File getRelativeFile(File baseFile, File fileToRelativize) throws IOException { if (baseFile.isFile()) { baseFile = baseFile.getParentFile(); } return new File(getRelativeFileInternal(baseFile.getCanonicalFile(), fileToRelativize.getCanonicalFile())); } static String getRelativeFileInternal(File canonicalBaseFile, File canonicalFileToRelativize) { ArrayList<String> basePath = getPathComponents(canonicalBaseFile); ArrayList<String> pathToRelativize = getPathComponents(canonicalFileToRelativize); //if the roots aren't the same (i.e. different drives on a windows machine), we can't construct a relative //path from one to the other, so just return the canonical file if (!basePath.get(0).equals(pathToRelativize.get(0))) { return canonicalFileToRelativize.getPath(); } int commonDirs; StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (commonDirs = 1; commonDirs < basePath.size() && commonDirs < pathToRelativize.size(); commonDirs++) { if (!basePath.get(commonDirs).equals(pathToRelativize.get(commonDirs))) { break; } } boolean first = true; for (int i = commonDirs; i < basePath.size(); i++) { if (!first) { sb.append(File.separatorChar); } else { first = false; } sb.append(".."); } first = true; for (int i = commonDirs; i < pathToRelativize.size(); i++) { if (first) { if (sb.length() != 0) { sb.append(File.separatorChar); } first = false; } else { sb.append(File.separatorChar); } sb.append(pathToRelativize.get(i)); } if (sb.length() == 0) { return "."; } return sb.toString(); } private static ArrayList<String> getPathComponents(File file) { ArrayList<String> path = new ArrayList<String>(); while (file != null) { File parentFile = file.getParentFile(); if (parentFile == null) { path.add(0, file.getPath()); } else { path.add(0, file.getName()); } file = parentFile; } return path; } }