Method simplifyPath

output/java_guava/1.4.17/Files.java:741–781

Returns the lexically cleaned form of the path name, usually (but not always) equivalent to the original. The following heuristics are used: empty string becomes . . stays as . fold out ./ fold out ../ when possible collapse multiple slashes delete trailing slash

(String pathname)

  public static String simplifyPath(String pathname) {
    checkNotNull(pathname);
    if (pathname.length() == 0) {
      return ".";
    }

    // split the path apart
    Iterable<String> components = Splitter.on('/').omitEmptyStrings().split(pathname);
    List<String> path = new ArrayList<String>();

    // resolve ., .., and //
    for (String component : components) {
      if (component.equals(".")) {
        continue;
      } else if (component.equals("..")) {
        if (path.size() > 0 && !path.get(path.size() - 1).equals("..")) {
          path.remove(path.size() - 1);
        } else {
          path.add("..");
        }
      } else {
        path.add(component);
      }
    }

    // put it back together
    String result = Joiner.on('/').join(path);
    if (pathname.charAt(0) == '/') {
      result = "/" + result;
    }

    while (result.startsWith("/../")) {
      result = result.substring(3);
    }
    if (result.equals("/..")) {
      result = "/";
    } else if ("".equals(result)) {
      result = ".";
    }
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename_extension">file extension</a> for