Here you can find the source of normalize(final String path)
public static String normalize(final String path)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w. j av a2s . com*/ * Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates. * * 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. */ public class Main { public static String normalize(final String path) { if (path.equals("/")) { return ""; } final boolean startsWith = path.startsWith("/"); final boolean endsWith = path.endsWith("/"); if (startsWith && endsWith) { return path.substring(1, path.length() - 1); } if (startsWith) { return path.substring(1); } if (endsWith) { return path.substring(0, path.length() - 1); } return path; } }