Java tutorial
/* * Copyright 2014 Mikael Svensson * * Licensed 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. */ package info.mikaelsvensson.devtools.common; import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils; import java.io.File; public class PathUtils { public static final char SEP = '/'; public static String getRelativePath(File source, File target) { source = source.isDirectory() ? source : source.getParentFile(); String sourceFixed = fixPath(source); String targetFixed = fixPath(target); String[] sourceParts = StringUtils.split(sourceFixed, SEP); String[] targetParts = StringUtils.split(targetFixed, SEP); int sharedParts = 0; for (int i = 0; i < sourceParts.length; i++) { String sourcePart = sourceParts[i]; if (targetParts.length == i) { break; } String targetPart = targetParts[i]; if (sourcePart.equals(targetPart)) { sharedParts = i; } } String toSharedRoot = StringUtils.repeat(".." + SEP, sourceParts.length - sharedParts - 1); String fromSharedRoot = StringUtils.join(targetParts, SEP, sharedParts + 1, targetParts.length); if (StringUtils.isEmpty(toSharedRoot) && StringUtils.isEmpty(fromSharedRoot)) { return "." + SEP; } else { return toSharedRoot + fromSharedRoot; } } private static String fixPath(final File source) { String fixed = source.getAbsolutePath(); if (File.separatorChar != SEP) { fixed = fixed.replace(File.separatorChar, SEP); } return source.isDirectory() ? trailingSlash(fixed) : fixed; } public static String trailingSlash(String str) { if (str.charAt(str.length() - 1) != SEP) { return str + SEP; } return str; } }