On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:03:28 -0000, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In order to write the normalize() method properly, I realised that we have > to deal with filename prefixes properly. The point being that you can't .. > up into a filename prefix. > > Here's the javadoc for the method I'm writing. Does this cover the cases?
Looks good to me. I can't think of any other options, at least for Windows and Unix. -- Martin Cooper > > /** > * Returns the length of the filename prefix, such as <code>C:/</code> > or <code>~/</code>. > * <p> > * This method will handle a file in either Unix or Windows format. > * The prefix includes the first slash in the full filename. > * <pre> > * Windows: > * a\b\c.txt --> "" --> relative > * \a\b\c.txt --> "\" --> drive relative > * C:\a\b\c.txt --> "C:\" --> absolute > * \\server\a\b\c.txt --> "\\server\" --> UNC > * > * Unix: > * a/b/c.txt --> "" --> relative > * /a/b/c.txt --> "/" --> absolute > * ~/a/b/c.txt --> "~/" --> current user relative > * ~user/a/b/c.txt --> "~user/" --> named user relative > * </pre> > * > * @param filename the filename to find the prefix in, null returns -1 > * @return the length of the prefix, -1 if invalid or null > */ > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
