Java Utililty Methods Relative Path Get

List of utility methods to do Relative Path Get

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Method

Stringrelativize(String path)
relativize 
String[] split = path.split(Pattern.quote(File.separator));
StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
int skip = 0;
int len = split.length - 1;
for (int i = len; i >= 0; i--) {
    if (skip > 0)
        skip--;
    else {
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Stringrelativize(String path)
Relativize the given path. 
for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
    if (path.charAt(i) != '/' && path.charAt(i) != File.separatorChar) {
        return i == 0 ? path : path.substring(i);
return "";
Stringrelativize(String path, String base)
Returns the path relative to the base. 
return new File(base).toURI().relativize(new File(path).toURI()).getPath();
StringrelativizePath(File from, File to)
Takes Two Path's and Relativizes One to the Other. 
return relativizePath(from.getAbsolutePath(), to.getAbsolutePath());
FilerelativizePath(final File path, final File base)
Relativize a path from a base path. 
if (path == null) {
    throw new NullPointerException("The path is null");
if (base == null) {
    return path;
final File absPath = path.getAbsoluteFile();
final File absBase = base.getAbsoluteFile();
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StringrelativizePath(String parent, String child)
relativize Path 
if (parent != null && child != null) {
    if (parent.equals(child)) {
        return "";
    if (!parent.endsWith(File.separator)) {
        parent += File.separator;
    if (child.startsWith(parent)) {
...
StringrelativizePathSegments(String[] srcSegments, String[] destSegments)
Computes a string containing the relative path from the directory or file represented by the source segments to the directory or file represented by the destination segments. 
int srcIndex = srcSegments.length - 1;
int destIndex = destSegments.length - 1;
StringBuffer relativePath = new StringBuffer();
while (srcIndex >= 0 && destIndex >= 0 && srcSegments[srcIndex].equals(destSegments[destIndex])) {
    srcIndex--;
    destIndex--;
for (; srcIndex >= 0; srcIndex--) {
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