Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileFilter; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.regex.Pattern; import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * */ /** * Various string manipulation methods that are more efficient then chaining * string operations: all is done in the same buffer without creating a bunch of * string objects. * * @author <a href="mailto:dev@labs.apache.org">Dungeon Project</a> */ public class Main { /** * Splits apart a OS separator delimited set of paths in a string into * multiple Strings. File component path strings are returned within a List * in the order they are found in the composite path string. Optionally, a * file filter can be used to filter out path strings to control the * components returned. If the filter is null all path components are * returned. * * @param paths * a set of paths delimited using the OS path separator * @param filter * a FileFilter used to filter the return set * @return the filter accepted path component Strings in the order * encountered */ public static final List getPaths(String paths, FileFilter filter) { int start = 0; int stop = -1; String path = null; ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(); // Abandon with no values if paths string is null if (paths == null || paths.trim().equals("")) { return list; } final int max = paths.length() - 1; // Loop spliting string using OS path separator: terminate // when the start index is at the end of the paths string. while (start < max) { stop = paths.indexOf(File.pathSeparatorChar, start); // The is no file sep between the start and the end of the string if (stop == -1) { // If we have a trailing path remaining without ending separator if (start < max) { // Last path is everything from start to the string's end path = paths.substring(start); // Protect against consecutive separators side by side if (!path.trim().equals("")) { // If filter is null add path, if it is not null add the // path only if the filter accepts the path component. if (filter == null || filter.accept(new File(path))) { list.add(path); } } } break; // Exit loop no more path components left! } // There is a separator between start and the end if we got here! // start index is now at 0 or the index of last separator + 1 // stop index is now at next separator in front of start index path = paths.substring(start, stop); // Protect against consecutive separators side by side if (!path.trim().equals("")) { // If filter is null add path, if it is not null add the path // only if the filter accepts the path component. if (filter == null || filter.accept(new File(path))) { list.add(path); } } // Advance start index past separator to start of next path comp start = stop + 1; } return list; } }