private String getAbsolutePath()

in src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/changelog/ChangeLogReport.java [1789:1825]

• 28 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    private String getAbsolutePath( final String base, final String target )
    {
        String absPath = "";

        StringTokenizer baseTokens =
            new StringTokenizer( sinkFileNamePattern.matcher( base ).replaceAll( "/" ), "/", true );

        StringTokenizer targetTokens =
            new StringTokenizer( sinkFileNamePattern.matcher( target ).replaceAll( "/" ), "/" );

        String targetRoot = targetTokens.nextToken();

        while ( baseTokens.hasMoreTokens() )
        {
            String baseToken = baseTokens.nextToken();

            if ( baseToken.equals( targetRoot ) )
            {
                break;
            }

            absPath += baseToken;
        }

        if ( !absPath.endsWith( "/" ) )
        {
            absPath += "/";
        }

        String newTarget = target;
        if ( newTarget.startsWith( "/" ) )
        {
            newTarget = newTarget.substring( 1 );
        }

        return absPath + newTarget;
    }