Package com.intellij.openapi.util.io

Class PathUtil

java.lang.Object

com.intellij.openapi.util.io.PathUtil

public class PathUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utility methods for operations with file path strings. Unlike IO, NIO2 and FileUtil, these methods are platform-agnostic - i.e. able to work with Windows paths on Unix systems and vice versa. Both forward- and backward-slashes are legal separators.

Warning: the methods are by definition less strict and in some cases could produce incorrect results. Unless you're certain you need the relaxed handling, prefer NIO2 instead.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	getParent(java.lang.String path) Returns a parent path according to the rules applicable to the given path, or null when the path is a file system root or unrecognized.
static boolean	isAbsolute(java.lang.String path) Returns true absolute UNC (even incomplete), DOS and Unix paths; false otherwise.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isAbsolute

public static boolean isAbsolute(java.lang.String path)

Returns true absolute UNC (even incomplete), DOS and Unix paths; false otherwise.

See Also:

applicability warning

getParent

public static java.lang.String getParent(java.lang.String path)

Returns a parent path according to the rules applicable to the given path, or null when the path is a file system root or unrecognized.

A path should not contain duplicated separators (except at the beginning of a UNC path), otherwise the result could be incorrect.

Directory traversals are not processed (getParent("/a/b/..") returns "/a/b" instead of "/a", etc).

See Also:

applicability warning