Java File Path Create buildPath(String... paths)

Description

Concatenates multiple string values together, ensuring that each value consists of only forward slashes.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
paths	The directory/file paths to be concatenated. Each value will be cleansed of invalid slashes and separated from previous paths with a single forward slash.

Return

A properly formatted file system path.

Declaration

public static String buildPath(String... paths) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Concatenates multiple string values together, ensuring that each value consists of only forward slashes. Each
     * value that is provided will be separated from any previous values with a forward slash. For example, if the
     * invocation is {@code StringUtils.buildPath("\\directory1", "directory2/", "/file1.txt");} then the return value
     * will be {@code "/directory1/directory2/file1.txt"}. Note that the path consists of only forward slashes and
     * each directory name/file name is properly separated by forward slashes.
     *
     * @param paths The directory/file paths to be concatenated. Each value will be cleansed of invalid slashes and
     *              separated from previous paths with a single forward slash.
     * @return A properly formatted file system path.
     */
    public static String buildPath(String... paths) {
        StringBuilder finalPath = new StringBuilder();

        for (String path : paths) {
            // ensure only one type of slash is used
            path = path.replace("\\", "/");

            // handle slash separator if previous values exist
            if (finalPath.length() > 0) {
                // make sure any previous path ended with a slash
                if (finalPath.charAt(finalPath.length() - 1) != '/') {
                    finalPath.append("/");
                }

                // strip backslash from beginning of current path value
                if (path.length() > 0 && path.charAt(0) == '/') {
                    path = path.substring(1);
                }
            }

            finalPath.append(path);
        }

        return finalPath.toString();
    }
}

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7. buildPath(String[] seperatedName)
8. buildPathArray(String xpath)
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