Java Path String Clean cleanPath(String path)

Description

Clean the path string by removing leading and trailing slashes and removing duplicate slashes.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	input path

Return

cleaned path string

Declaration

public static String cleanPath(String path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w  w  .  j  av a2  s.  co  m*/
 * Copyright 2016 SimplifyOps, Inc. (http://simplifyops.com)
 *
 * 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
 *
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 *
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 * 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
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 */

public class Main {
    public static final String SEPARATOR = "/";

    /**
     * Clean the path string by removing leading and trailing slashes and removing duplicate slashes.
     * @param path input path
     * @return cleaned path string
     */
    public static String cleanPath(String path) {
        if (path.endsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
            path = path.replaceAll(SEPARATOR + "+$", "");
        }
        if (path.startsWith(SEPARATOR)) {
            path = path.replaceAll("^" + SEPARATOR + "+", "");
        }
        return path.replaceAll("/+", SEPARATOR);
    }
}

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