Java Canonical Path Create getCanonicalFile(File file)

Description

get Canonical File

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static final File getCanonicalFile(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static final File getCanonicalFile(File file) {
        if (file == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("file must not be null.");

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            return (file.getCanonicalFile());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return (file.getAbsoluteFile());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the canonical representation of the given file using {@link File#getCanonicalFile()}.
     * If this fails, the result of {@link File#getAbsoluteFile()} is returned.
     * 
     * @param filename
     * 
     * @return the canonical representation of the given file.
     */
    public static final File getCanonicalFile(String filename) {
        return (getCanonicalFile(new File(filename)));
    }
}

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