Here you can find the source of normalize(String path)
public static String normalize(String path)
//package com.java2s; /**//www. j av a 2 s.com * Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Sonatype, Inc. * All rights reserved. Includes the third-party code listed at http://www.sonatype.com/products/nexus/attributions. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU Affero General * Public License Version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 * for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 along with this program. If not, see * http://www.gnu.org/licenses. * * Sonatype Nexus (TM) Open Source Version is available from Sonatype, Inc. Sonatype and Sonatype Nexus are trademarks of * Sonatype, Inc. Apache Maven is a trademark of the Apache Foundation. M2Eclipse is a trademark of the Eclipse Foundation. * All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. */ public class Main { public static String normalize(String path) { String result = "/"; String[] pathElems = path.split("/"); for (int i = 0; i < pathElems.length; i++) { result = appendSingleElem(result, pathElems[i]); } return result; } public static String appendSingleElem(String base, String pathElem) { if ("..".equals(pathElem)) { if (!"/".equals(base)) { return base.substring(0, base.lastIndexOf('/')); } else { return "/"; } } if ("/".equals(base)) { return "/" + pathElem; } else { return base + "/" + pathElem; } } }