Java Root Directory Get getRootDirectoryOf(String referenceFile, String rootMark)

Description

get Root Directory Of

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static File getRootDirectoryOf(String referenceFile, String rootMark) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* ww  w. j a  va2  s.co m*/
java packages for gastona
Copyright (C) 2005-2015  Alejandro Xalabarder Aulet
    
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    
This library 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
Lesser General Public License for more details.
    
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
*/

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static File getRootDirectoryOf(String referenceFile, String rootMark) {
        File reference = new File(referenceFile);
        if (!reference.exists())
            return null;

        String cannon = ".";
        try {
            cannon = reference.getCanonicalPath();
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
        return getRootDirectoryOf(new File(cannon), rootMark);
    }

    private static File getRootDirectoryOf(File referenceFile, String rootMark) {
        File tryfile = new File(referenceFile + "/" + rootMark);
        if (tryfile.exists())
            return tryfile.getParentFile();

        File parent = referenceFile.getParentFile();
        if (parent == null)
            return null;

        return getRootDirectoryOf(parent, rootMark);
    }
}

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