Java Utililty Methods Canonical Path Create

List of utility methods to do Canonical Path Create

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Description

The list of methods to do Canonical Path Create are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringgetCanonicalOrAbsolutePath(File file)
Provides the canonical path of a file, or its absolute path, if it's not possible to provide the canonical path. 
try {
    return file.getCanonicalPath();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
    return file.getAbsolutePath();
StringgetCanonicalPath(File file)
Returns the canonical path to a directory 
String canonicalPath = "";
try {
    canonicalPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
} catch (IOException ignored) {
return canonicalPath;
StringgetCanonicalPath(File inFile, boolean inThrowRuntimeException)
get Canonical Path 
try {
    return inFile.getCanonicalPath();
} catch (final IOException e) {
    if (inThrowRuntimeException) {
        throw new RuntimeException(inFile == null ? "File is null" : e.getMessage(), e);
    return null;
StringgetCanonicalPath(final File file)
Get file canonical path in privileged mode. 
try {
    return file.getCanonicalPath();
} catch (IOException pae) {
    throw new IOException();
} catch (RuntimeException pae) {
    throw new RuntimeException();
StringgetCanonicalPath(final File file)
get Canonical Path 
try {
    return file.getCanonicalPath();
} catch (final IOException e) {
    return file.getAbsolutePath();
StringgetCanonicalPath(final String path)
get Canonical Path 
try {
    return (new File(path)).getCanonicalPath();
} catch (Throwable ignored) {
    return path;
IPathgetCanonicalPath(IPath fullPath)
Return the canonical path (or the passed in path, if one couldn't be found). 
if (!fullPath.isAbsolute())
    return fullPath;
File file = fullPath.toFile();
try {
    String canonPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
    IPath canonicalPath = new Path(canonPath);
    if (fullPath.getDevice() == null)
        canonicalPath = canonicalPath.setDevice(null);
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IPathgetCanonicalPath(IPath fullPath)
get Canonical Path 
File file = fullPath.toFile();
try {
    String canonPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
    return new Path(canonPath);
} catch (IOException ex) {
return null;
StringgetCanonicalPath(String basePath, String path)
Get the canonical path from the basePath and relative path. 
File found = null;
if (!(new File(path).isAbsolute())) {
    found = new File(basePath, path);
} else {
    found = new File(path);
return found.getCanonicalPath();
StringgetCanonicalPath(String filePath, String prefix)
get Canonical Path 
if (prefix == null || filePath.equals(prefix) || !filePath.startsWith(prefix)) {
    return filePath;
int startIndex = prefix.length();
if (filePath.charAt(startIndex) == File.separatorChar) {
    startIndex++;
return filePath.substring(startIndex);
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