edu.hm.hafner.util

Class PathUtil

java.lang.Object

edu.hm.hafner.util.PathUtil

public class PathUtil
extends Object

Utilities for Path instances.

Author:

Ullrich Hafner

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PathUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAbsolutePath(Path path) Returns the string representation of the specified path.
String	getAbsolutePath(String path) Returns the string representation of the specified path.
String	toString(Path path) Returns the string representation of the specified path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PathUtil

public PathUtil()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString(Path path)
                throws IOException

Returns the string representation of the specified path. The path will be actually resolved in the file system and will be returned as fully qualified absolute path. In case of an error, an exception will be thrown.

Parameters:

path - the path to get the absolute path for

Returns:

the absolute path

Throws:

IOException - if the path could not be found

getAbsolutePath

public String getAbsolutePath(String path)

Returns the string representation of the specified path. The path will be actually resolved in the file system and will be returned as fully qualified absolute path. In case of an error, i.e. if the file is not found, the provided path will be returned unchanged (but normalized using the UNIX path separator).

Parameters:

path - the path to get the absolute path for

Returns:

the absolute path

getAbsolutePath

public String getAbsolutePath(Path path)

Returns the string representation of the specified path. The path will be actually resolved in the file system and will be returned as fully qualified absolute path. In case of an error, i.e. if the file is not found, the provided path will be returned unchanged (but normalized using the UNIX path separator).

Parameters:

path - the path to get the absolute path for

Returns:

the absolute path