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Checks, whether the child directory is a subdirectory of the base directory
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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
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* ------------
* IOUtils.java
* ------------
* (C)opyright 2002-2004, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors.
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* Original Author: Thomas Morgner;
* Contributor(s): David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
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* $Id: IOUtils.java,v 1.8 2009/01/22 08:34:58 taqua Exp $
*
* Changes
* -------
* 26-Jan-2003 : Initial version
* 23-Feb-2003 : Documentation
* 25-Feb-2003 : Fixed Checkstyle issues (DG);
* 29-Apr-2003 : Moved to jcommon
* 04-Jan-2004 : Fixed JDK 1.2.2 issues with createRelativeURL;
* added support for query strings within these urls (TM);
*/
/**
* The IOUtils provide some IO related helper methods.
*
* @author Thomas Morgner.
*/
public class Main {
/**
* Checks, whether the child directory is a subdirectory of the base
* directory.
*
* @param base the base directory.
* @param child the suspected child directory.
* @return true, if the child is a subdirectory of the base directory.
* @throws IOException if an IOError occured during the test.
*/
public boolean isSubDirectory(File base, File child)
throws IOException {
base = base.getCanonicalFile();
child = child.getCanonicalFile();
File parentFile = child;
while (parentFile != null) {
if (base.equals(parentFile)) {
return true;
}
parentFile = parentFile.getParentFile();
}
return false;
}
}
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