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package org.netbeans.modules.java.platform.util;

/** Utility class to woth with file names. */
public class FileNameUtil {
    
    /** Return absolute path computed from home path and relative path.
     * @param home home directory
     * @param relative the relative part of the file path
     * @return computed absolute path
     */
    public static String computeAbsolutePath(String home, String relative) {
        String path;
        String separator = System.getProperty("file.separator");
        if (home.endsWith("\\") || home.endsWith("/")) // NOI18N
            home = home.substring(0, home.length() - 1);
        if (relative.startsWith("\\") || relative.startsWith("/")) // NOI18N
            relative = relative.substring(1);
        
        path = home + separator + relative;
        if (separator.equals("/")) // NOI18N
            path = path.replace('\\', separator.charAt(0));
        else if (separator.equals("\\")) // NOI18N
            path = path.replace('/', separator.charAt(0));
        
        return path;
    }
}