Java Path Level getParentPath(String path)

Description

Extracts the parent of a file

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String getParentPath(String path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w  ww .  j a  v  a  2 s.  co  m
 *
 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Ant-Contrib project
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Extracts the parent of a file
     */
    public static String getParentPath(String path) {
        int pos = path.lastIndexOf(File.separator);
        if (pos <= 0) {
            return null;
        }
        return path.substring(0, pos);
    }
}

Related

1. getParentPath(String path)