Does Java have a path joining method?

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combine paths in java

I would like to know if there is such a method in Java. Take this snippet as example :

// this will output a/b
System.out.println(path_join("a","b"));
// a/b 
System.out.println(path_join("a","/b");

This concerns Java versions 7 and earlier.

To quote a good answer to the same question:

If you want it back as a string later, you can call getPath(). Indeed, if you really wanted to mimic Path.Combine, you could just write something like:

public static String combine (String path1, String path2) {
    File file1 = new File(path1);
    File file2 = new File(file1, path2);
    return file2.getPath();
}

Try:

String path1 = "path1";
String path2 = "path2";

String joinedPath = new File(path1, path2).toString();

One way is to get system properties that give you the path separator for the operating system, this tutorial explains how. You can then use a standard string join using the file.separator.

This is a start, I don't think it works exactly as you intend, but it at least produces a consistent result.

import java.io.File;

public class Main
{
    public static void main(final String[] argv)
        throws Exception
    {
        System.out.println(pathJoin());
        System.out.println(pathJoin(""));
        System.out.println(pathJoin("a"));
        System.out.println(pathJoin("a", "b"));
        System.out.println(pathJoin("a", "b", "c"));
        System.out.println(pathJoin("a", "b", "", "def"));
    }

    public static String pathJoin(final String ... pathElements)
    {
        final String path;

        if(pathElements == null || pathElements.length == 0)
        {
            path = File.separator;
        }
        else
        {
            final StringBuilder builder;

            builder = new StringBuilder();

            for(final String pathElement : pathElements)
            {
                final String sanitizedPathElement;

                // the "\\" is for Windows... you will need to come up with the 
                // appropriate regex for this to be portable
                sanitizedPathElement = pathElement.replaceAll("\\" + File.separator, "");

                if(sanitizedPathElement.length() > 0)
                {
                    builder.append(sanitizedPathElement);
                    builder.append(File.separator);
                }
            }
            
            path = builder.toString();
        }

        return (path);
    }
}