Java Path Relative getRelativeParentDirectory(File base, File file)

Description

get Relative Parent Directory

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getRelativeParentDirectory(File base, File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w w w. j a v a 2  s .c o  m
 * Syncany, www.syncany.org
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Philipp C. Heckel <philipp.heckel@gmail.com> 
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static String getRelativeParentDirectory(File base, File file) {
        return getRelativePath(base, new File(getAbsoluteParentDirectory(file)));
    }

    public static String getRelativePath(File base, File file) {
        //System.err.println("rel path = base = "+base.getAbsolutePath() + " - file: "+file.getAbsolutePath()+ " ---> ");
        if (base.getAbsolutePath().length() >= file.getAbsolutePath().length()) {
            return "";
        }

        //System.err.println("aaa"+file.getAbsolutePath().substring(base.getAbsolutePath().length() + 1));
        return file.getAbsolutePath().substring(base.getAbsolutePath().length() + 1);
    }

    public static String getAbsoluteParentDirectory(File file) {
        return file.getAbsolutePath().substring(0, file.getAbsolutePath().lastIndexOf(File.separator));
    }
}

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