Helper.java

package cloudsync.helper;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

import cloudsync.model.Item;

public class Helper
{
	public static String trim(String text, final String character)
	{
		text = StringUtils.removeStart(text, character);
		text = StringUtils.removeEnd(text, character);
		return text;
	}

	public static String preparePath(String path)
	{
		return preparePath(path, "");
	}
	
	public static String preparePath(String path, String name)
	{
		if( path == null ) return null;
		
		if (path.startsWith("." + Item.SEPARATOR))
		{
			path = System.getProperty("user.dir") + path.substring(1);
		}
		return path.replace("{name}", name);
	}
}