Java Path Relative Get getRelativePath(File file, File root)

Description

Strips off the part of the path before the start of the root file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	a parameter
root	a parameter

Declaration

public static String getRelativePath(File file, File root) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**// ww w.  j a v  a 2 s.  c o m
     * Strips off the part of the path before the start of the root file. If the root is c:\temp\foo
     * and the file is c:\temp\foo\folder\file.txt this will return folder\
     * 
     * @param file
     * @param root
     * @return
     */
    public static String getRelativePath(File file, File root) {
        int rootLength = root.getAbsolutePath().length();
        String absolutePath = file.getAbsolutePath();
        String relativePath = absolutePath.substring(rootLength + 1);
        return relativePath;
    }
}

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