Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. * * Copyright 2008 jOpenDocument, by ILM Informatique. All rights reserved. * * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the GNU * General Public License Version 3 only ("GPL"). * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You can obtain a copy of the License at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. * * When distributing the software, include this License Header Notice in each file. * */ public class Main { /** * Compute the parent of a path. Note : path must lead to an element. * * @param path the path with at least one slash, eg "./elem". * @return the parent of path, eg ".". */ public final static String parentOf(String path) { return path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/')); } }