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Java Path normalize – remove redundant elements

farenda 2016-04-20 0

Java Path normalize

In this tutorial we’re going to show how to remove redundant elements from paths using Path from Java NIO API. Learn how normalization works and what are its limitations!

Remove redundant elements (. and ..) from Path

Path path = Paths.get("/proc/../proc/./version");
System.out.printf("'%s'.normalize(): %s%n", path, path.normalize());

Produces:

'/proc/../proc/./version'.normalize(): /proc/version

Protects from going outside of root directory

Path path = Paths.get("/proc/../../..");
System.out.printf("'%s'.normalize(): %s%n", path, path.normalize());

Produces:

'/proc/../../..'.normalize(): /

Watch out for non existing path

Path.normalize() doesn’t go to the filesystem, so its possible to normalize to non-existing path:

Path path = Paths.get("/proc/version/..");
System.out.printf("'%s'.normalize(): %s%n", path, path.normalize());

Here version is a file, so we cannot get outside of it using .. (double dots), but it results with:

'/proc/version/..'.normalize(): /proc

Compare the above code with result of calling Path.toRealPath():

Path path = Paths.get("/proc/version/..");
System.out.printf("'%s'.toRealPath(): %s%n", path, path.toRealPath());

Produces exception:

Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.FileSystemException: /proc/version/..: Is not a directory

References:

  • Path.normalize()
  • Path.toRealPath()

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