Where to use resolve() and relativize() method of java.nio.file.Path class?

Question

Path p1 = Paths.get(\"/Users/jack/Documents/text1.txt\");
Path p2 = Paths.get(\"/Users/jack/text2.txt\");
Path result1 = p1.resolve(p2);
Path result2 = p1.relativize(p2)         


        

Answer 1

resolve(): Joins two paths.

relativize (): construct a path from one location in the file system to another location.

Output explanation:

result1: /Users/jack/text2.txt: because you passed in an absolute path, resolve() returns the passed in the path as is if it is an absolute path.

result2: ../../text2.txt: to get to /Users/jack/text2.txt from /Users/jack/Documents/text1.txt" you need to to go two levels up, and then just select `text2.txt file.