Here you can find the source of normalizePath(String path, char sep)
public static String normalizePath(String path, char sep)
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w .j a va2 s .co m * ? Copyright IBM Corp. 2012-2013 * * 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 { /** * Normalize a path, ensuring that it start with a '/' and does not end with a '/'. * @ibm-api */ public static String normalizePath(String path, char sep) { boolean needLeadingSlash = path.charAt(0) != sep; boolean needRemoveTrailingSlash = path.charAt(path.length() - 1) == sep; if (needLeadingSlash || needRemoveTrailingSlash) { if (needLeadingSlash && needRemoveTrailingSlash) { StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder(); b.append(sep); b.append(path, 0, path.length() - 1); return b.toString(); } else if (needLeadingSlash) { StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder(); b.append(sep); b.append(path); return b.toString(); } else { return path.substring(0, path.length() - 1); } } return path; } }