FileUtils.java Source code

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//package xcordion.util;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class FileUtils {

    static public String relativePath(File from, File to) {
        return relativePath(from, to, File.separatorChar);
    }

    static public String relativePath(File from, File to, char separatorChar) {
        String fromPath = from.getAbsolutePath();
        String toPath = to.getAbsolutePath();
        boolean isDirectory = from.isDirectory();
        return relativePath(fromPath, toPath, isDirectory, separatorChar);
    }

    public static String relativePath(String fromPath, String toPath, boolean fromIsDirectory, char separatorChar) {
        ArrayList<String> fromElements = splitPath(fromPath);
        ArrayList<String> toElements = splitPath(toPath);
        while (!fromElements.isEmpty() && !toElements.isEmpty()) {
            if (!(fromElements.get(0).equals(toElements.get(0)))) {
                break;
            }
            fromElements.remove(0);
            toElements.remove(0);
        }

        StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < fromElements.size() - (fromIsDirectory ? 0 : 1); i++) {
            result.append("..");
            result.append(separatorChar);
        }
        for (String s : toElements) {
            result.append(s);
            result.append(separatorChar);
        }
        return result.substring(0, result.length() - 1);
    }

    private static ArrayList<String> splitPath(String path) {
        ArrayList<String> pathElements = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(path, File.separator); st.hasMoreTokens();) {
            String token = st.nextToken();
            if (token.equals(".")) {
                // do nothing
            } else if (token.equals("..")) {
                if (!pathElements.isEmpty()) {
                    pathElements.remove(pathElements.size() - 1);
                }
            } else {
                pathElements.add(token);
            }
        }
        return pathElements;
    }
}