Java Path Is Absolute isAbsolute(String aPath)

Description

Determine if the given String represents an absolute path by checking if the string starts with a '/' or is a URI that starts with a scheme 'scheme:/'.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aPath	a parameter

Return

true if path is absolute, otherwise false.

Declaration

public static boolean isAbsolute(String aPath)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**//from w w  w  . ja  v  a  2 s .c  om
     * Determine if the given String represents an absolute path by
     * checking if the string starts with a '/' or
     * is a URI that starts with a scheme 'scheme:/'.
     *
     * @param aPath
     * @return true if path is absolute, otherwise false.
     */
    public static boolean isAbsolute(String aPath) {
        boolean absolute = false;
        String path = aPath.replace('\\', '/');
        // the path has a scheme if a colon appears before the first '/'
        if (path.indexOf(':') > 0 && path.indexOf('/') > path.indexOf(':')) {
            absolute = true;
        }
        // starts with a '/'
        else if (path.startsWith("/")) //$NON-NLS-1$
        {
            absolute = true;
        }

        return absolute;
    }
}