Java Path Relative Get getRelativePath(File parentDirectory, File file)

Description

Returns the path of the given file relative to the parent directory

License

Educational Community License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parentDirectory	directory to build path from
file	file to build relative paths for

Return

string containing the relative path

Declaration

public static String getRelativePath(File parentDirectory, File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/* w ww.j  a v  a2  s .  co m*/
 * Copyright 2005-2015 The Kuali Foundation
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 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the path of the given file relative to the parent directory
     *
     * @param parentDirectory directory to build path from
     * @param file file to build relative paths for
     * @return string containing the relative path
     */
    public static String getRelativePath(File parentDirectory, File file) {
        String relativePath = null;

        String parentPath = parentDirectory.getPath();
        String childPath = file.getPath();

        if (childPath.startsWith(parentPath + File.separator)) {
            relativePath = childPath.substring(parentPath.length() + 1);
        }

        // switch path separators
        relativePath = relativePath.replaceAll("\\\\", "/");

        return relativePath;
    }
}

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