How to parse this string in Java?

Question

prefix/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/..

How to parse the dir1, dir2 values out of the above string in Java?

The prefix here c

Answer 1

String str = "/usr/local/apache/resumes/dir1/dir2";
String prefix = "/usr/local/apache/resumes/";

if( str.startsWith(prefix) ) {
  str = str.substring(0, prefix.length);
  String parts[] = str.split("/");
  // dir1=parts[0];
  // dir2=parts[1];
} else {
  // It doesn't start with your prefix
}