public static String normalize()

in src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/io/FileUtils.java [897:932]


    public static String normalize(@Nonnull final String path) {
        String normalized = path;
        // Resolve occurrences of "//" in the normalized path
        while (true) {
            int index = normalized.indexOf("//");
            if (index < 0) {
                break;
            }
            normalized = normalized.substring(0, index) + normalized.substring(index + 1);
        }

        // Resolve occurrences of "/./" in the normalized path
        while (true) {
            int index = normalized.indexOf("/./");
            if (index < 0) {
                break;
            }
            normalized = normalized.substring(0, index) + normalized.substring(index + 2);
        }

        // Resolve occurrences of "/../" in the normalized path
        while (true) {
            int index = normalized.indexOf("/../");
            if (index < 0) {
                break;
            }
            if (index == 0) {
                return null; // Trying to go outside our context
            }
            int index2 = normalized.lastIndexOf('/', index - 1);
            normalized = normalized.substring(0, index2) + normalized.substring(index + 3);
        }

        // Return the normalized path that we have completed
        return normalized;
    }