I need to implement portable code, but I do not know how to deal with different path conventions on different operating systems.
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I need to implement portable code, but I do not know how to deal with different path conventions on different operating systems.
Ok. Using the File class, if you pass the a given path like so:
new File("myPathInUnixOrWindows");You will get a system independent file path. Make sure you import:
import java.io.File;if you just want the abstract base of the path pass it an empty string:
new File("");http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html#File%28java.lang.String%29