Java Canonical Path Create getCanonicalPath(String inPath)

Description

get Canonical Path

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getCanonicalPath(String inPath) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static String getCanonicalPath(String inPath) {
        return isBlank(inPath) ? inPath : getCanonicalFile(inPath, false).getAbsolutePath();
    }/*from  w w  w  .jav  a2  s.  c o m*/

    public static boolean isBlank(String inValue) {
        return inValue == null || inValue.trim().isEmpty();
    }

    public static File getCanonicalFile(String inPath) {
        return getCanonicalFile(inPath, false);
    }

    public static File getCanonicalFile(String inPath, boolean inThrowRuntimeException) {
        return isBlank(inPath) ? null : getCanonicalFile(new File(inPath), inThrowRuntimeException);
    }

    /**
     * Will return absolute file if not possible to determine the canonical file.
     * 
     * Same as <code>getCanonicalFile(File inFile, boolean inThrowRuntimeException)</code> but parameter <code>inThrowRuntimeException</code> is set to <code>false</code> 
     * @param inFile
     * @return
     */
    public static File getCanonicalFile(File inFile) {
        return getCanonicalFile(inFile, false);
    }

    public static File getCanonicalFile(File inFile, boolean inThrowRuntimeException) {

        try {

            return inFile == null ? null : inFile.getCanonicalFile();

        } catch (final IOException e) {

            if (inThrowRuntimeException) {
                throw new RuntimeException(inFile == null ? "File is null" : e.getMessage(), e);
            }

            return inFile.getAbsoluteFile();
        }
    }
}

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