/**
* Returns the absolute path for the given file. It tries to get the canonical file path. If it
* fails it returns the string representation.
*
* @param f File to get the path
* @return the absolute path for the given file.
*/
static String getPath(File f) {
String path = null;
if (f != null) {
try {
/*
* Do a best effort to avoid having a relative representation (for
* instance to avoid having ../../../).
*/
f = f.getCanonicalFile();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
/*
* This is a best effort to get the best possible representation of the
* file: reporting the error is not necessary.
*/
}
path = f.toString();
}
return path;
}
