Question

I’m using a the normalize function to get the absolute path from a String,

org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.normalize(String)

But when I use just normalize(String) I get :

The method normalize(String) is undefined for the type MyClass

I tried : import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;

I downloaded the library from Apache website, and linked it to my project but I get the same error.

I don’t want to write everytime the whole line to call the function.

Is there any solution for this ?

Thanks

Answer 1

Either import the class:

import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;

FilenameUtils.normalize(string);

or import the method:

import static org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.normalize;

normalize(string);

And if you are using Eclipse, just press Ctrl-shift-M to import what your cursor is at.
Also autocompleting classnames should add imports.