Java Utililty Methods Path Relative Get

List of utility methods to do Path Relative Get

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Description

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Method

StringgetRelativePath(File base, File path)
get Relative Path 
return base.toPath().relativize(path.toPath()).toString();
StringgetRelativePath(File base, File path)
get Relative Path 
try {
    String relative = base.getCanonicalFile().toURI().relativize(path.getCanonicalFile().toURI()).getPath();
    return relative;
} catch (IOException e) {
    return null;
StringgetRelativePath(File base, File target)
Returns the relative path from base to target. 
String baseString = base.getAbsolutePath().replace('\\', '/');
String targetString = target.getAbsolutePath().replace('\\', '/');
String commonPrefix = findGreatestCommonPrefix(baseString, targetString);
if (commonPrefix.length() == 0) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Arguments must have common prefix");
String relativePath = targetString.substring(commonPrefix.length());
if (commonPrefix.length() == baseString.length()) {
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StringgetRelativePath(File baseDir, File file)
get Relative Path 
if (baseDir.equals(file))
    return "";
if (baseDir.getParentFile() == null)
    return file.getAbsolutePath().substring(baseDir.getAbsolutePath().length());
return file.getAbsolutePath().substring(baseDir.getAbsolutePath().length() + 1);
StringgetRelativePath(File baseDir, File file)
get Relative Path 
String filePath = file.getAbsolutePath();
String basePath = baseDir.getAbsolutePath();
String relativePath = filePath.substring(basePath.length());
if (relativePath.charAt(0) == File.separatorChar) {
    relativePath = relativePath.substring(1);
return relativePath;
StringgetRelativePath(File baseDir, File file)
get Relative Path 
String basePath = baseDir.getAbsolutePath();
if (!basePath.endsWith(File.separator)) {
    basePath += File.separator;
String filePath = file.getAbsolutePath();
if (!filePath.startsWith(basePath)) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not dir-relative: " + filePath + " vs " + basePath);
String relativePath = filePath.substring(basePath.length());
return relativePath;
StringgetRelativePath(File baseDir, File file)
Returns the relative path of file to the file basedir. 
final String base = baseDir.getCanonicalPath();
String fileName = file.getCanonicalPath();
if (fileName.startsWith(base)) {
    fileName = fileName.substring(base.length());
    if (fileName.charAt(0) == '/') {
        fileName = fileName.substring(1);
} else {
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StringgetRelativePath(File baseDir, File subFile, String seperator)
get Relative Path 
String basePath = baseDir.getAbsolutePath();
String filePath = subFile.getAbsolutePath();
if (!filePath.startsWith(basePath)) {
    return null;
String relativePath = filePath.substring(basePath.length() + 1);
return seperator == null ? relativePath
        : relativePath.replaceAll("\\\\", seperator).replaceAll("/", seperator);
...
StringgetRelativePath(File baseFile, File file)
get Relative Path 
String basePath = "";
String path = "";
basePath = baseFile.getAbsolutePath();
path = file.getAbsolutePath();
if (!basePath.endsWith(File.separator)) {
    basePath = basePath + File.separator;
if (path.indexOf(basePath) != 0)
...
StringgetRelativePath(File baseFolder, File subject)
Helper function to get the relative path for subject starting at baseFolder 
return subject.getAbsolutePath().substring(baseFolder.getAbsolutePath().length() + 1);