Java Path File Name nio getAbsolutePath(String fileName)

Description

Returns the absolute path to a file with name fileName

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileName	the name of a file

Return

absolute path to the file

Declaration

public static String getAbsolutePath(String fileName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  ww  w  .ja v  a 2 s  .  co m*/
 * Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
 *
 * Red Hat 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.
 */

import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the absolute path to a file with name <code>fileName</code>
     * @param fileName the name of a file
     * @return absolute path to the file
     */
    public static String getAbsolutePath(String fileName) {
        return Paths.get(fileName).toAbsolutePath().toString();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the absolute path to a resource addressed by the given <code>url</code>
     * @param resource URL
     * @return absolute path to the resource
     */
    public static String getAbsolutePath(URL url) {
        try {
            return url != null ? Paths.get(url.toURI()).toAbsolutePath().toString() : null;
        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

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5. formatPathName(Path path)
6. getAbsolutePath(String name)
7. getAbsolutePathName(File dir)
8. getAllFiles(List fileNames, Path path)
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