java.lang.Object
- org.codehaus.plexus.util.PathTool

```
public class PathTool
extends Object
```
Path tool contains static methods to assist in determining path-related information such as relative paths.

Author:

Pete Kazmier, Vincent Massol, Vincent Siveton

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PathTool()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`calculateLink(String link, String relativePath)`	Calculates the appropriate link given the preferred link and the relativePath of the document.
`static String`	`getDirectoryComponent(String filename)`	Determines the directory component of a filename.
`static String`	`getRelativeFilePath(String oldPath, String newPath)`	This method can calculate the relative path between two paths on a file system.
`static String`	`getRelativePath(String filename)`	Determines the relative path of a filename.
`static String`	`getRelativePath(String basedir, String filename)`	Determines the relative path of a filename from a base directory.
`static String`	`getRelativeWebPath(String oldPath, String newPath)`	This method can calculate the relative path between two paths on a web site.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail
- PathTool
```
public PathTool()
```

Method Detail

getRelativePath
```
public static final String getRelativePath(String basedir,
                                           String filename)
```
Determines the relative path of a filename from a base directory. This method is useful in building relative links within pages of a web site. It provides similar functionality to Anakia's $relativePath context variable. The arguments to this method may contain either forward or backward slashes as file separators. The relative path returned is formed using forward slashes as it is expected this path is to be used as a link in a web page (again mimicking Anakia's behavior).

This method is thread-safe.
```
 PathTool.getRelativePath( null, null )                                   = ""
 PathTool.getRelativePath( null, "/usr/local/java/bin" )                  = ""
 PathTool.getRelativePath( "/usr/local/", null )                          = ""
 PathTool.getRelativePath( "/usr/local/", "/usr/local/java/bin" )         = ".."
 PathTool.getRelativePath( "/usr/local/", "/usr/local/java/bin/java.sh" ) = "../.."
 PathTool.getRelativePath( "/usr/local/java/bin/java.sh", "/usr/local/" ) = ""
 
```
Parameters:

basedir - The base directory.

filename - The filename that is relative to the base directory.

Returns:

The relative path of the filename from the base directory. This value is not terminated with a forward slash. A zero-length string is returned if: the filename is not relative to the base directory, basedir is null or zero-length, or filename is null or zero-length.

getRelativePath
```
public static final String getRelativePath(String filename)
```
Determines the relative path of a filename. This method is useful in building relative links within pages of a web site. It provides similar functionality to Anakia's $relativePath context variable. The argument to this method may contain either forward or backward slashes as file separators. The relative path returned is formed using forward slashes as it is expected this path is to be used as a link in a web page (again mimicking Anakia's behavior).

This method is thread-safe.

Parameters:

filename - The filename to be parsed.

Returns:

The relative path of the filename. This value is not terminated with a forward slash. A zero-length string is returned if: filename is null or zero-length.

See Also:

getRelativeFilePath(String, String)

getDirectoryComponent

public static final String getDirectoryComponent(String filename)

Determines the directory component of a filename. This is useful within DVSL templates when used in conjunction with the DVSL's $context.getAppValue("infilename") to get the current directory that is currently being processed.

This method is thread-safe.

 PathTool.getDirectoryComponent( null )                                   = ""
 PathTool.getDirectoryComponent( "/usr/local/java/bin" )                  = "/usr/local/java"
 PathTool.getDirectoryComponent( "/usr/local/java/bin/" )                 = "/usr/local/java/bin"
 PathTool.getDirectoryComponent( "/usr/local/java/bin/java.sh" )          = "/usr/local/java/bin"

Parameters:: filename - The filename to be parsed.
Returns:: The directory portion of the filename. If the filename does not contain a directory component, "." is returned.

calculateLink

public static final String calculateLink(String link,
                                         String relativePath)

Calculates the appropriate link given the preferred link and the relativePath of the document.

 PathTool.calculateLink( "/index.html", "../.." )                                        = "../../index.html"
 PathTool.calculateLink( "http://plexus.codehaus.org/plexus-utils/index.html", "../.." ) = "http://plexus.codehaus.org/plexus-utils/index.html"
 PathTool.calculateLink( "/usr/local/java/bin/java.sh", "../.." )                        = "../../usr/local/java/bin/java.sh"
 PathTool.calculateLink( "../index.html", "/usr/local/java/bin" )                        = "/usr/local/java/bin/../index.html"
 PathTool.calculateLink( "../index.html", "http://plexus.codehaus.org/plexus-utils" )    = "http://plexus.codehaus.org/plexus-utils/../index.html"

Parameters:: link - main link; relativePath - relative
Returns:: String

getRelativeWebPath

public static final String getRelativeWebPath(String oldPath,
                                              String newPath)

This method can calculate the relative path between two paths on a web site.

 PathTool.getRelativeWebPath( null, null )                                          = ""
 PathTool.getRelativeWebPath( null, "http://plexus.codehaus.org/" )                 = ""
 PathTool.getRelativeWebPath( "http://plexus.codehaus.org/", null )                 = ""
 PathTool.getRelativeWebPath( "http://plexus.codehaus.org/",
                      "http://plexus.codehaus.org/plexus-utils/index.html" )        = "plexus-utils/index.html"
 PathTool.getRelativeWebPath( "http://plexus.codehaus.org/plexus-utils/index.html",
                      "http://plexus.codehaus.org/"                                 = "../../"

Parameters:: oldPath - main path; newPath - second path
Returns:: a relative web path from oldPath.

getRelativeFilePath

public static final String getRelativeFilePath(String oldPath,
                                               String newPath)

This method can calculate the relative path between two paths on a file system.

 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( null, null )                                   = ""
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( null, "/usr/local/java/bin" )                  = ""
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local", null )                           = ""
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local", "/usr/local/java/bin" )          = "java/bin"
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local", "/usr/local/java/bin/" )         = "java/bin"
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local/java/bin", "/usr/local/" )         = "../.."
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local/", "/usr/local/java/bin/java.sh" ) = "java/bin/java.sh"
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local/java/bin/java.sh", "/usr/local/" ) = "../../.."
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( "/usr/local/", "/bin" )                        = "../../bin"
 PathTool.getRelativeFilePath( "/bin", "/usr/local/" )                        = "../usr/local"

Note: On Windows based system, the / character should be replaced by \ character.

Parameters:: oldPath - main path; newPath - second path
Returns:: a relative file path from oldPath.

Class PathTool

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