Example usage for org.apache.commons.io FilenameUtils separatorsToWindows

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Prototype

public static String separatorsToWindows(String path) 

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Converts all separators to the Windows separator of backslash.

Usage

From source file:net.sf.firemox.xml.magic.Oracle2XmlNoRules.java

/**
 * <ul>//from   ww  w  . ja va2  s  . c  o m
 * Argument are (in this order :
 * <li>Oracle source file
 * <li>destination directory
 * </ul>
 * 
 * @param args
 */
public static void main(String... args) {
    options = new Options();
    final CmdLineParser parser = new CmdLineParser(options);
    try {
        parser.parseArgument(args);
    } catch (CmdLineException e) {
        // Display help
        if (!options.isHelp()) {
            System.out.println("Wrong parameters : " + e.getMessage());
        } else {
            System.out.println("Usage");
        }
        parser.setUsageWidth(100);
        parser.printUsage(System.out);
        System.exit(-1);
        return;
    }

    if (options.isVersion()) {
        // Display version
        System.out.println("Version is " + IdConst.VERSION);
        System.exit(-1);
        return;
    }

    if (options.isHelp()) {
        // Display help
        System.out.println("Usage");
        parser.setUsageWidth(100);
        parser.printUsage(System.out);
        System.exit(-1);
        return;
    }

    // The oracle source file
    final String oracle = options.getOracleFile();

    // the directory destination end with the file separator
    String destination = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(options.getDestination());
    if (!destination.endsWith("/")) {
        destination += "/";
    }

    // Create the destination directories
    try {
        new File(destination).mkdirs();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // Ignore this error and continue
    }
    new Oracle2XmlNoRules().serialize(MToolKit.getFile(oracle), MToolKit.getFile(destination),
            MToolKit.getFile("tbs/norules-mtg/recycled/"));
}

From source file:com.badlogic.gdx.box2deditor.utils.FileUtils.java

/**
 * Get the relative path from one file to another, specifying the directory separator.
 * If one of the provided resources does not exist, it is assumed to be a file unless it ends with '/' or
 * '\'./*from  w ww .  j av  a 2 s.c  o  m*/
 *
 * @param target targetPath is calculated to this file
 * @param base basePath is calculated from this file
 * @param separator directory separator. The platform default is not assumed so that we can test Unix behaviour when running on Windows (for example)
 * @return
 */
public static String getRelativePath(String targetPath, String basePath, String pathSeparator) {
    // Normalize the paths
    String normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(targetPath);
    String normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(basePath);

    // Undo the changes to the separators made by normalization
    if (pathSeparator.equals("/")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedBasePath);

    } else if (pathSeparator.equals("\\")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedBasePath);

    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognised dir separator '" + pathSeparator + "'");
    }

    String[] base = normalizedBasePath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    String[] target = normalizedTargetPath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));

    // First get all the common elements. Store them as a string,
    // and also count how many of them there are.
    StringBuilder common = new StringBuilder();

    int commonIndex = 0;
    while (commonIndex < target.length && commonIndex < base.length
            && target[commonIndex].equals(base[commonIndex])) {
        common.append(target[commonIndex]).append(pathSeparator);
        commonIndex++;
    }

    if (commonIndex == 0) {
        // No single common path element. This most
        // likely indicates differing drive letters, like C: and D:.
        // These paths cannot be relativized.
        throw new NoCommonPathFoundException("No common path element found for '" + normalizedTargetPath
                + "' and '" + normalizedBasePath + "'");
    }

    // The number of directories we have to backtrack depends on whether the base is a file or a dir
    // For example, the relative path from
    //
    // /foo/bar/baz/gg/ff to /foo/bar/baz
    //
    // ".." if ff is a file
    // "../.." if ff is a directory
    //
    // The following is a heuristic to figure out if the base refers to a file or dir. It's not perfect, because
    // the resource referred to by this path may not actually exist, but it's the best I can do
    boolean baseIsFile = true;

    File baseResource = new File(normalizedBasePath);

    if (baseResource.exists()) {
        baseIsFile = baseResource.isFile();

    } else if (basePath.endsWith(pathSeparator)) {
        baseIsFile = false;
    }

    StringBuilder relative = new StringBuilder();

    if (base.length != commonIndex) {
        int numDirsUp = baseIsFile ? base.length - commonIndex - 1 : base.length - commonIndex;

        for (int i = 0; i < numDirsUp; i++) {
            relative.append("..").append(pathSeparator);
        }
    }
    relative.append(normalizedTargetPath.substring(common.length()));
    return relative.toString();
}

From source file:aurelienribon.utils.io.FilenameHelper.java

/**
 * Gets the relative path from one file to another.
 *//*from   w ww .ja  v a  2s  .co  m*/
public static String getRelativePath(String targetPath, String basePath) {
    if (basePath == null || basePath.equals(""))
        return targetPath;
    if (targetPath == null || targetPath.equals(""))
        return "";

    String pathSeparator = File.separator;

    // Normalize the paths
    String normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(targetPath);
    String normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(basePath);

    if (basePath.equals(targetPath))
        return "";

    // Undo the changes to the separators made by normalization
    if (pathSeparator.equals("/")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedBasePath);

    } else if (pathSeparator.equals("\\")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedBasePath);

    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognised dir separator '" + pathSeparator + "'");
    }

    String[] base = normalizedBasePath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    String[] target = normalizedTargetPath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));

    // First get all the common elements. Store them as a string,
    // and also count how many of them there are.
    StringBuilder common = new StringBuilder();

    int commonIndex = 0;
    while (commonIndex < target.length && commonIndex < base.length
            && target[commonIndex].equals(base[commonIndex])) {
        common.append(target[commonIndex]).append(pathSeparator);
        commonIndex++;
    }

    if (commonIndex == 0) {
        return targetPath;
    }

    // The number of directories we have to backtrack depends on whether the base is a file or a dir
    // For example, the relative path from
    //
    // /foo/bar/baz/gg/ff to /foo/bar/baz
    //
    // ".." if ff is a file
    // "../.." if ff is a directory
    //
    // The following is a heuristic to figure out if the base refers to a file or dir. It's not perfect, because
    // the resource referred to by this path may not actually exist, but it's the best I can do
    boolean baseIsFile = true;

    File baseResource = new File(normalizedBasePath);

    if (baseResource.exists()) {
        baseIsFile = baseResource.isFile();

    } else if (basePath.endsWith(pathSeparator)) {
        baseIsFile = false;
    }

    StringBuilder relative = new StringBuilder();

    if (base.length != commonIndex) {
        int numDirsUp = baseIsFile ? base.length - commonIndex - 1 : base.length - commonIndex;

        for (int i = 0; i < numDirsUp; i++) {
            relative.append("..").append(pathSeparator);
        }
    }
    relative.append(normalizedTargetPath.substring(common.length()));
    return relative.toString();
}

From source file:ch.unibas.fittingwizard.infrastructure.base.ResourceUtils.java

/**
 * Get the relative path from one file to another, specifying the directory separator.
 * If one of the provided resources does not exist, it is assumed to be a file unless it ends with '/' or
 * '\'./*w  ww  . j  av a 2s . co m*/
 *
 * @param targetPath targetPath is calculated to this file
 * @param basePath basePath is calculated from this file
 * @param pathSeparator directory separator. The platform default is not assumed so that we can test Unix behaviour when running on Windows (for example)
 * @return
 */
public static String getRelativePath(String targetPath, String basePath, String pathSeparator) {

    // Normalize the paths
    String normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(targetPath);
    String normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(basePath);

    // Undo the changes to the separators made by normalization
    if (pathSeparator.equals("/")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedBasePath);

    } else if (pathSeparator.equals("\\")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedBasePath);

    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognised dir separator '" + pathSeparator + "'");
    }

    String[] base = normalizedBasePath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    String[] target = normalizedTargetPath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));

    // First get all the common elements. Store them as a string,
    // and also count how many of them there are.
    StringBuffer common = new StringBuffer();

    int commonIndex = 0;
    while (commonIndex < target.length && commonIndex < base.length
            && target[commonIndex].equals(base[commonIndex])) {
        common.append(target[commonIndex] + pathSeparator);
        commonIndex++;
    }

    if (commonIndex == 0) {
        // No single common path element. This most
        // likely indicates differing drive letters, like C: and D:.
        // These paths cannot be relativized.
        throw new PathResolutionException("No common path element found for '" + normalizedTargetPath
                + "' and '" + normalizedBasePath + "'");
    }

    // The number of directories we have to backtrack depends on whether the base is a file or a dir
    // For example, the relative path from
    //
    // /foo/bar/baz/gg/ff to /foo/bar/baz
    //
    // ".." if ff is a file
    // "../.." if ff is a directory
    //
    // The following is a heuristic to figure out if the base refers to a file or dir. It's not perfect, because
    // the resource referred to by this path may not actually exist, but it's the best I can do
    boolean baseIsFile = true;

    File baseResource = new File(normalizedBasePath);

    if (baseResource.exists()) {
        baseIsFile = baseResource.isFile();

    } else if (basePath.endsWith(pathSeparator)) {
        baseIsFile = false;
    }

    StringBuffer relative = new StringBuffer();

    if (base.length != commonIndex) {
        int numDirsUp = baseIsFile ? base.length - commonIndex - 1 : base.length - commonIndex;

        for (int i = 0; i < numDirsUp; i++) {
            relative.append(".." + pathSeparator);
        }
    }
    relative.append(normalizedTargetPath.substring(common.length()));
    return relative.toString();
}

From source file:com.jaeksoft.searchlib.util.FileUtils.java

public final static String unixToSystemPath(String filePath) {
    if ("\\".equals(File.separator))
        filePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(filePath);
    return filePath;
}

From source file:gov.nih.nci.cbiit.cmts.util.ResourceUtils.java

/**
 * Get the relative path from one file to another, specifying the directory separator.
* If one of the provided resources does not exist, it is assumed to be a file unless it ends with '/' or
* '\'./*from w w w . ja  v a 2  s . c  o m*/
*
 * @param targetPath is calculated to this file
* @param basePath is calculated from this file
* @param pathSeparator directory separator. The platform default is not assumed so that we can test Unix behaviour when running on Windows (for example)
* @return target relative path from the base
*/

public static String getRelativePath(String targetPath, String basePath, String pathSeparator) {
    if (targetPath.toLowerCase().startsWith("file:/")) {
        targetPath = targetPath.substring(6);
        while (targetPath.startsWith("/"))
            targetPath = targetPath.substring(1);
    }
    if (basePath.toLowerCase().startsWith("file:/")) {
        basePath = basePath.substring(6);
        while (basePath.startsWith("/"))
            basePath = basePath.substring(1);
    }

    String tempS = basePath;
    while (true) {
        File baseF = new File(tempS);
        if ((baseF.exists()) && (baseF.isFile())) {
            basePath = baseF.getAbsolutePath();
            break;
        }
        if (!pathSeparator.equals("/"))
            break;
        if (tempS.startsWith("/"))
            break;
        tempS = "/" + tempS;
    }
    tempS = targetPath;
    while (true) {
        File targetF = new File(tempS);
        if ((targetF.exists()) && (targetF.isFile())) {
            targetPath = targetF.getAbsolutePath();
            break;
        }
        if (!pathSeparator.equals("/"))
            break;
        if (tempS.startsWith("/"))
            break;
        tempS = "/" + tempS;
    }

    // Normalize the paths
    //System.out.println("ResourceUtils.getRelativePath()..target("+pathSeparator+"):"+targetPath);
    //System.out.println("ResourceUtils.getRelativePath()..base("+pathSeparator+"):"+basePath);
    String normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(targetPath);
    String normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(basePath);
    // Undo the changes to the separators made by normalization

    if (pathSeparator.equals("/")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedBasePath);
    } else if (pathSeparator.equals("\\")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedBasePath);
    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognised dir separator '" + pathSeparator + "'");
    }

    //System.out.println("ResourceUtils.getRelativePath()..normalizedTarget("+pathSeparator+"):"+normalizedTargetPath);
    //System.out.println("ResourceUtils.getRelativePath()..normalizedBase("+pathSeparator+"):"+normalizedBasePath);

    String[] base = normalizedBasePath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    String[] target = normalizedTargetPath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    // First get all the common elements. Store them as a string,
    // and also count how many of them there are.
    StringBuffer common = new StringBuffer();
    int commonIndex = 0;
    while (commonIndex < target.length && commonIndex < base.length
            && target[commonIndex].trim().equals(base[commonIndex].trim())) {
        common.append(target[commonIndex].trim() + pathSeparator);
        commonIndex++;
    }
    if (commonIndex == 0) {
        // No single common path element. This most
        // likely indicates differing drive letters, like C: and D:.
        // These paths cannot be relativized.
        File ff = new File(targetPath);
        if ((ff.exists()) && (ff.isFile()))
            return ff.getAbsolutePath();
        else
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("No common path element found for '" + normalizedTargetPath
                    + "' and '" + normalizedBasePath + "'");
    }
    // The number of directories we have to backtrack depends on whether the base is a file or a dir
    // For example, the relative path from
    //
    // /foo/bar/baz/gg/ff to /foo/bar/baz
    //
    // ".." if ff is a file
    // "../.." if ff is a directory
    //
    // The following is a heuristic to figure out if the base refers to a file or dir. It's not perfect, because
    // the resource referred to by this path may not actually exist, but it's the best I can do
    boolean baseIsFile = true;
    File baseResource = new File(normalizedBasePath);
    if (baseResource.exists()) {
        baseIsFile = baseResource.isFile();
    } else if (basePath.endsWith(pathSeparator)) {
        baseIsFile = false;
    }
    StringBuffer relative = new StringBuffer();
    if (base.length != commonIndex) {
        int numDirsUp = baseIsFile ? base.length - commonIndex - 1 : base.length - commonIndex;
        for (int i = 0; i < numDirsUp; i++) {
            relative.append(".." + pathSeparator);
        }
    }
    relative.append(normalizedTargetPath.substring(common.length()));
    //System.out.println("ResourceUtils.getRelativePath()..relativeTarget:"+relative.toString());
    return relative.toString();
}

From source file:me.childintime.childintime.util.file.PathUtils.java

/**
 * Get the relative path from one file to another, specifying the directory separator.
 * If one of the provided resources does not exist, it is assumed to be a file unless it ends with '/' or '\'.
 *
 * @param targetPath targetPath is calculated to this file
 * @param basePath basePath is calculated from this file
 * @param pathSeparator directory separator. The platform default is not assumed so that we can test Unix behaviour when running on Windows (for example)
 *
 * @return The relative path./*from   ww  w .j a v a2 s. c  o m*/
 */
public static String getRelativePath(String targetPath, String basePath, String pathSeparator) {
    // Normalize the paths
    String normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(targetPath);
    String normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(basePath);

    // Undo the changes to the separators made by normalization
    switch (pathSeparator) {
    case "/":
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedBasePath);
        break;

    case "\\":
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedBasePath);
        break;

    default:
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognised dir separator '" + pathSeparator + "'");
    }

    String[] base = normalizedBasePath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    String[] target = normalizedTargetPath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));

    // First get all the common elements. Store them as a string,
    // and also count how many of them there are.
    StringBuilder common = new StringBuilder();

    int commonIndex = 0;
    while (commonIndex < target.length && commonIndex < base.length
            && target[commonIndex].equals(base[commonIndex])) {
        common.append(target[commonIndex]).append(pathSeparator);
        commonIndex++;
    }

    if (commonIndex == 0)
        // No single common path element. This most
        // likely indicates differing drive letters, like C: and D:.
        // These paths cannot be relativized.
        throw new PathResolutionException("No common path element found for '" + normalizedTargetPath
                + "' and '" + normalizedBasePath + "'");

    // The number of directories we have to backtrack depends on whether the base is a file or a dir
    // For example, the relative path from
    //
    // /foo/bar/baz/gg/ff to /foo/bar/baz
    // 
    // ".." if ff is a file
    // "../.." if ff is a directory
    //
    // The following is a heuristic to figure out if the base refers to a file or dir. It's not perfect, because
    // the resource referred to by this path may not actually exist, but it's the best I can do
    boolean baseIsFile = true;

    File baseResource = new File(normalizedBasePath);

    if (baseResource.exists())
        baseIsFile = baseResource.isFile();
    else if (basePath.endsWith(pathSeparator))
        baseIsFile = false;

    StringBuilder relative = new StringBuilder();

    if (base.length != commonIndex) {
        int numDirsUp = baseIsFile ? base.length - commonIndex - 1 : base.length - commonIndex;

        for (int i = 0; i < numDirsUp; i++)
            relative.append("..").append(pathSeparator);
    }

    relative.append(normalizedTargetPath.substring(common.length()));
    return relative.toString();
}

From source file:info.schnatterer.songbirdDbTools.Utils.ResourceUtils.java

/**
 * Get the relative path from one file to another, specifying the directory separator. If one of the provided
 * resources does not exist, it is assumed to be a file unless it ends with '/' or '\'.
 * /*from   w  ww.  jav a 2s  .c  om*/
 * @param targetPath
 *            targetPath is calculated to this file
 * @param basePath
 *            basePath is calculated from this file
 * @param pathSeparator
 *            directory separator. The platform default is not assumed so that we can test Unix behavior when
 *            running on Windows (for example)
 * @return <code>targetPath</code> relativized to <code>basePath</code>
 * 
 * @author http://stackoverflow.com/questions/204784/how-to-construct-a-relative
 *         -path-in-java-from-two-absolute-paths-or-urls
 */
public static String getRelativePath(final String basePath, final String targetPath,
        final String pathSeparator) {

    // Normalize the paths
    String normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(targetPath);
    String normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(basePath);

    // Undo the changes to the separators made by normalization
    if (pathSeparator.equals("/")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedBasePath);

    } else if (pathSeparator.equals("\\")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedBasePath);

    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognised dir separator '" + pathSeparator + "'");
    }

    String[] base = normalizedBasePath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    String[] target = normalizedTargetPath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));

    // First get all the common elements. Store them as a string,
    // and also count how many of them there are.
    StringBuffer common = new StringBuffer();

    int commonIndex = 0;
    while (commonIndex < target.length && commonIndex < base.length
            && target[commonIndex].equals(base[commonIndex])) {
        common.append(target[commonIndex] + pathSeparator);
        commonIndex++;
    }

    if (commonIndex == 0) {
        // No single common path element. This most
        // likely indicates differing drive letters, like C: and D:.
        // These paths cannot be relativized.
        throw new PathResolutionException("No common path element found for '" + normalizedTargetPath
                + "' and '" + normalizedBasePath + "'");
    }

    // The number of directories we have to backtrack depends on whether the
    // base is a file or a dir
    // For example, the relative path from
    //
    // /foo/bar/baz/gg/ff to /foo/bar/baz
    //
    // ".." if ff is a file
    // "../.." if ff is a directory
    //
    // The following is a heuristic to figure out if the base refers to a
    // file or dir. It's not perfect, because
    // the resource referred to by this path may not actually exist, but
    // it's the best I can do
    boolean baseIsFile = true;

    File baseResource = new File(normalizedBasePath);

    if (baseResource.exists()) {
        baseIsFile = baseResource.isFile();

    } else if (basePath.endsWith(pathSeparator)) {
        baseIsFile = false;
    }

    StringBuffer relative = new StringBuffer();

    if (base.length != commonIndex) {

        int numDirsUp;
        if (baseIsFile) {
            numDirsUp = base.length - commonIndex - 1;
        } else {
            numDirsUp = base.length - commonIndex;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < numDirsUp; i++) {
            relative.append(".." + pathSeparator);
        }
    }
    relative.append(normalizedTargetPath.substring(common.length()));
    return relative.toString();
}

From source file:hudson.plugins.project_inheritance.util.PathMapping.java

/**
 * Get the relative path from one file to another, specifying the directory separator. 
 * If one of the provided resources does not exist, it is assumed to be a file unless it ends with '/' or
 * '\'.//from  w w  w  .j a va2s .com
 * 
 * @param targetPath targetPath is calculated to this file
 * @param basePath basePath is calculated from this file
 * @param pathSeparator directory separator. The platform default is not assumed so that we can test Unix behaviour when running on Windows (for example)
 * @return
 */
public static String getRelativePath(String targetPath, String basePath, String pathSeparator) {
    // Normalize the paths
    String normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(targetPath);
    String normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(basePath);

    // Undo the changes to the separators made by normalization
    if (pathSeparator.equals("/")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedBasePath);

    } else if (pathSeparator.equals("\\")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedBasePath);

    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognised dir separator '" + pathSeparator + "'");
    }

    String[] base = normalizedBasePath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    String[] target = normalizedTargetPath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));

    // First get all the common elements. Store them as a string,
    // and also count how many of them there are.
    StringBuilder common = new StringBuilder();

    int commonIndex = 0;
    while (commonIndex < target.length && commonIndex < base.length
            && target[commonIndex].equals(base[commonIndex])) {
        common.append(target[commonIndex] + pathSeparator);
        commonIndex++;
    }

    if (commonIndex == 0) {
        // No single common path element. This most
        // likely indicates differing drive letters, like C: and D:.
        // These paths cannot be relativized.
        throw new PathResolutionException("No common path element found for '" + normalizedTargetPath
                + "' and '" + normalizedBasePath + "'");
    }

    // The number of directories we have to backtrack depends on whether the base is a file or a dir
    // For example, the relative path from
    //
    // /foo/bar/baz/gg/ff to /foo/bar/baz
    // 
    // ".." if ff is a file
    // "../.." if ff is a directory
    //
    // The following is a heuristic to figure out if the base refers to a file or dir. It's not perfect, because
    // the resource referred to by this path may not actually exist, but it's the best I can do
    boolean baseIsFile = true;

    File baseResource = new File(normalizedBasePath);

    if (baseResource.exists()) {
        baseIsFile = baseResource.isFile();

    } else if (basePath.endsWith(pathSeparator)) {
        baseIsFile = false;
    }

    StringBuilder relative = new StringBuilder();

    if (base.length != commonIndex) {
        int numDirsUp = baseIsFile ? base.length - commonIndex - 1 : base.length - commonIndex;

        for (int i = 0; i < numDirsUp; i++) {
            relative.append(".." + pathSeparator);
        }
    }
    relative.append(normalizedTargetPath.substring(common.length()));
    return relative.toString();
}

From source file:com.sap.prd.mobile.ios.mios.FileUtils.java

/**
 * Get the relative path from one file to another, specifying the directory separator. If one of
 * the provided resources does not exist, it is assumed to be a file unless it ends with '/' or
 * '\'./*  ww w  . j a va 2 s .c o m*/
 * 
 * Copied from http://stackoverflow.com/a/3054692/933106.
 * 
 * @param target
 *          targetPath is calculated to this file
 * @param base
 *          basePath is calculated from this file
 * @param separator
 *          directory separator. The platform default is not assumed so that we can test Unix
 *          behaviour when running on Windows (for example)
 * @return
 */
public static String getRelativePath(String targetPath, String basePath, String pathSeparator) {

    // Normalize the paths
    String normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(targetPath);
    String normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.normalizeNoEndSeparator(basePath);

    // Undo the changes to the separators made by normalization
    if (pathSeparator.equals("/")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToUnix(normalizedBasePath);

    } else if (pathSeparator.equals("\\")) {
        normalizedTargetPath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedTargetPath);
        normalizedBasePath = FilenameUtils.separatorsToWindows(normalizedBasePath);

    } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognised dir separator '" + pathSeparator + "'");
    }

    String[] base = normalizedBasePath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));
    String[] target = normalizedTargetPath.split(Pattern.quote(pathSeparator));

    // First get all the common elements. Store them as a string,
    // and also count how many of them there are.
    StringBuilder common = new StringBuilder();

    int commonIndex = 0;
    while (commonIndex < target.length && commonIndex < base.length
            && target[commonIndex].equals(base[commonIndex])) {
        common.append(target[commonIndex] + pathSeparator);
        commonIndex++;
    }

    if (commonIndex == 0) {
        // No single common path element. This most
        // likely indicates differing drive letters, like C: and D:.
        // These paths cannot be relativized.
        throw new PathResolutionException("No common path element found for '" + normalizedTargetPath
                + "' and '" + normalizedBasePath + "'");
    }

    // The number of directories we have to backtrack depends on whether the base is a file or a dir
    // For example, the relative path from
    //
    // /foo/bar/baz/gg/ff to /foo/bar/baz
    // 
    // ".." if ff is a file
    // "../.." if ff is a directory
    //
    // The following is a heuristic to figure out if the base refers to a file or dir. It's not perfect, because
    // the resource referred to by this path may not actually exist, but it's the best I can do
    boolean baseIsFile = true;

    File baseResource = new File(normalizedBasePath);

    if (baseResource.exists()) {
        baseIsFile = baseResource.isFile();

    } else if (basePath.endsWith(pathSeparator)) {
        baseIsFile = false;
    }

    StringBuilder relative = new StringBuilder();

    if (base.length != commonIndex) {
        int numDirsUp = baseIsFile ? base.length - commonIndex - 1 : base.length - commonIndex;

        for (int i = 0; i < numDirsUp; i++) {
            relative.append(".." + pathSeparator);
        }
    }
    relative.append(normalizedTargetPath.substring(common.length()));
    return relative.toString();
}