PathUtils

Utility class with static helper methods for working with OpenKM repository paths (e.g. /okm:root/folder/file.pdf). All methods are static.

Path navigation

getParent

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getParent(String path)	String	Returns the parent path. Returns "/" if the path has no parent segment.

Example:

System.out.println(PathUtils.getParent("/okm:root/folder/file.pdf")); // "/okm:root/folder"
System.out.println(PathUtils.getParent("/okm:root")); // "/"

getName

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getName(String path)	String	Returns the last segment of a path (the node name).

Example:

System.out.println(PathUtils.getName("/okm:root/folder/file.pdf")); // "file.pdf"

getContext

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getContext(String path)	String	Returns the root context segment of a path. For example, "/okm:root/folder/file.pdf" returns "/okm:root".

Example:

System.out.println(PathUtils.getContext("/okm:root/folder/file.pdf")); // "/okm:root"

getDepth

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getDepth(String path)	int	Returns the number of path segments (depth). For example, "/okm:root/folder/file.pdf" returns 3.

getElements

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getElements(String path)	String[]	Returns all path segments as a string array. For example, "/okm:root/folder/file.pdf" returns ["okm:root", "folder", "file.pdf"].

Example:

package com.openkm;

import com.openkm.util.PathUtils;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            String path = "/okm:root/folder/file.pdf";
            System.out.println(PathUtils.getParent(path));    // "/okm:root/folder"
            System.out.println(PathUtils.getName(path));      // "file.pdf"
            System.out.println(PathUtils.getContext(path));   // "/okm:root"
            System.out.println(PathUtils.getDepth(path));     // 3
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Path and name sanitization

escape

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
escape(String name)	String	Removes characters that are invalid in both Windows file names and OpenKM node names (slashes, asterisks, and other reserved characters). Use this when creating node names from arbitrary user input.

cleanup

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
cleanup(String name)	String	Removes slashes and asterisks from a node name, collapses multiple consecutive spaces into one, and trims leading and trailing whitespace.

toValidPathName

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
toValidPathName(String path)	String	Applies cleanup and FileUtils.toValidFilename to every path segment below the root context, returning a sanitized full path.

shortenName

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
shortenName(String name, int maxLength)	String	Truncates a file name to at most maxLength characters, preserving the extension. Returns the name unchanged if it is already within the limit. Returns null for null input.

shortenPath

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
shortenPath(String path, int maxLength)	String	Shortens a repository path to at most maxLength characters by replacing the middle of the parent path with ... while keeping the file name intact. Returns the path unchanged if it already fits.

Example:

String name = PathUtils.escape("file: version 1.0/final.pdf"); // "file version 1.0final.pdf"
String short1 = PathUtils.shortenName("very_long_document_name.pdf", 20); // "very_long_docume.pdf"
String short2 = PathUtils.shortenPath("/okm:root/very/deep/nested/path/file.pdf", 30);
// "/okm:root/ver.../path/file.pdf"

Entity encoding

encodeEntities

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
encodeEntities(String path)	String	Encodes HTML entities (&, <, >, ", ') in a path or string to their entity equivalents. Idempotent: already-encoded entities are not double-encoded.

decodeEntities

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
decodeEntities(String path)	String	Decodes HTML entity references back to their original characters. Reverse of encodeEntities.

Path validation and inspection

isPath

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
isPath(String nodeId)	boolean	Returns true if the given string is a repository path (starts with /). Returns false for UUIDs.

checkPath

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
checkPath(String path)	boolean	Returns true if the given path is a valid OpenKM repository path (non-null and starts with /okm:).

isChild

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
isChild(String parentPath, String childPath)	boolean	Returns true if childPath is a direct or indirect descendant of parentPath. Returns false if either argument is null.

• Examples:

fixContext

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
fixContext(String context)	String	Converts a context path to a file-system-safe identifier by removing the leading / and replacing : with _. For example, "/okm:root" becomes "okm_root".

Example:

package com.openkm;

import com.openkm.util.PathUtils;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            System.out.println(PathUtils.isPath("/okm:root/file.pdf")); // true
            System.out.println(PathUtils.isPath("d50133e3-dbfa-4d01-a109-28785cd48f40")); // false
            System.out.println(PathUtils.checkPath("/okm:root/file.pdf")); // true
            System.out.println(PathUtils.isChild("/okm:root/folder", "/okm:root/folder/sub/file.pdf")); // true
            System.out.println(PathUtils.fixContext("/okm:root")); // "okm_root"
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}