PathHelper¶

public class PathHelper¶

It provides some useful method for handling the file path issue. version 1.0.1 - Added getRelativePath(String,String).

Author:	Twinsen

Methods¶

public static void createPath(String path)¶

Create the path specified in parameter. This method will create any missing directory from the path.

Throws:	IOException –

public static String getCanonicalPath(String basePath, String path)¶

Get the canonical path from the basePath and relative path.

Parameters:	basePath – path –
Throws:	IOException –
Returns:	the canonical path from the “path”.

public static String getExtension(String path)¶

Get the file extension from the specified path.

Parameters:	path – The filepath for getting it’s extension.
Returns:	return the extension of the path. It returns empty string if the path is not directory or file without extension.

public static String getFilename(String path)¶

Get the filename of the particular path. If the filename of the path does not exist, throws IOException.

Parameters:	path –
Throws:	IOException – if the file does not exist or it is a directory.

public static String getRelativePath(String basePath, String path)¶

Get the relative path from the canoical basepath and path.

Parameters:	basePath – path –
Throws:	IOException –

public static String removeExtension(String path)¶

Remove the file extension from the specified path.

Parameters:	path –
Returns:	return the path without extension.

public static File renameTo(File source, String newName)¶

Rename the file specified to the new name specified in parameters.

Parameters:	source – The source file object. newName – The new name of the object.
Returns:	The new file object for the new path.