src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AbstractPathTestSupport.java

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// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
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package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public abstract class AbstractPathTestSupport {
    /**
     * Returns the exact location for the package where the file is present.
     * @return path for the package name for the file.
     */
    protected abstract String getPackageLocation();

    /**
     * Returns canonical path for the file with the given file name.
     * The path is formed base on the root location.
     * This implementation uses 'src/test/resources/'
     * as a root location.
     * @param filename file name.
     * @return canonical path for the file name.
     * @throws IOException if I/O exception occurs while forming the path.
     */
    protected final String getPath(String filename) throws IOException {
        return new File("src/test/resources/" + getPackageLocation() + "/" + filename)
                .getCanonicalPath();
    }

    protected final String getResourcePath(String filename) {
        return "/" + getPackageLocation() + "/" + filename;
    }
}