/**
* It can be necessary to determine which is the root of a path. For example, the root of
* D:\Projects\Java is D:\.
*
* @param path The path used to get a root
* @return The root which contais the specified path
*/
public static String getRoot(String path) {
File file = new File(path);
File[] roots = file.listRoots();
for (int i = 0; i < roots.length; i++)
if (path.startsWith(roots[i].getPath())) return roots[i].getPath();
return path;
}
/**
* It can be necessary to check if a path specified by the user is an absolute path (i.e
* C:\Gfx\3d\Utils is absolute whereas ..\Jext is relative).
*
* @param path The path to check
* @return <code>true</code> if <code>path</code> begins with a root name
*/
public static boolean beginsWithRoot(String path) {
if (path.length() == 0) return false;
File file = new File(path);
File[] roots = file.listRoots();
for (int i = 0; i < roots.length; i++)
if (path.regionMatches(true, 0, roots[i].getPath(), 0, roots[i].getPath().length()))
return true;
return false;
}