Java Relative Path Get relativeToAbsoluteFilePath(String s)

Description

From relative path to a like canonical path Added by JG 2015

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	a path ex: ./path/to/file/file.f

Return

absolute (changed in cannonical) path ex: /home/user/path/to/file/file.f

Declaration

public static String relativeToAbsoluteFilePath(String s) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w  w  .j a va  2s .  c om*/
*  Armadillo Workflow Platform v1.0
*  A simple pipeline system for phylogenetic analysis
*
*  Copyright (C) 2009-2011  Etienne Lord, Mickael Leclercq
*
*  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.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * From relative path to a like canonical path
     * Added by JG 2015
     * @param  s a path ex: ./path/to/file/file.f
     * @return absolute (changed in cannonical) path ex: /home/user/path/to/file/file.f
     */
    public static String relativeToAbsoluteFilePath(String s) {
        if (s.matches("^\\.\\/.*")) {
            File f = new File(s);
            s = f.getAbsolutePath();
            s = s.replaceAll(File.separator + "\\." + File.separator, File.separator);
        }
        return s;
    }
}

Related

1. relativePath(final String inputPath, final File file)
2. relativePath(String origin, String target)
3. relativePath(String p_absolutePath, String p_currentPath)
4. relativePathFiles(String relativePath, final String... fileNamesRegex)
5. relativeTo(File peer, String filename)
6. relativize(File base, File absolute)
7. relativize(File base, File child)
8. relativize(File file, File basedir)
9. relativize(File home, File f)