# HG changeset patch
# User Ed Swartz <ed.swartz@nokia.com>
# Date 1259956431 21600
# Node ID 675796977d5c0b49efa39c3f790063d02d1c1607
# Parent  dee2f67c6538d8b2629460fa40b884176c08d858
Add utility to create IPath from a possibly Win32 string (since this won't parse properly in Unix)

diff -r dee2f67c6538 -r 675796977d5c core/com.nokia.cpp.utils.core/src/com/nokia/cpp/internal/api/utils/core/HostOS.java
--- a/core/com.nokia.cpp.utils.core/src/com/nokia/cpp/internal/api/utils/core/HostOS.java	Fri Dec 04 08:33:28 2009 -0600
+++ b/core/com.nokia.cpp.utils.core/src/com/nokia/cpp/internal/api/utils/core/HostOS.java	Fri Dec 04 13:53:51 2009 -0600
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	
 	/** The name of the PATH variable in the environment.  Capitalized differently per OS. */
 	public static String PATH_VARIABLE_NAME = IS_WIN32 ? "Path" : "PATH";
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Convert a variable constructed blindly for a Win32 environment into
 	 * Unix-like syntax.  This is typically used for PATH or lists
@@ -96,6 +96,21 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Create an IPath from a string which may be a Win32 path. <p>
+	 * (This won't work in Unix when using a Win32 path.)
+	 * @param path
+	 * @return converted string
+	 */
+	public static IPath createPathFromString(String path) {
+		if (path == null) return null;
+		// handle Windows slashes and canonicalize
+		path = path.replaceAll("\\\\", "/");
+		return new Path(path);
+	}
+	
+
+	
+	/**
 	 * Ensure that the executable name mentioned is canonical for the machine.
 	 * This only affects Windows, currently, ensuring that an ".exe" is attached.
 	 * @param executablePath
@@ -158,6 +173,4 @@
 		
 		return path;
 	}
-	
-	
 }