Given: String originalPath = "data\\projects\\a-project\\..\\..\\another-project"; Path path = Paths.get(originalPath); System.out.print(path.normalize()); What is the result?

Question

Options

• Adata\another-project
• Bdata\projects\a-project\another-project
• Cdata\projects\a-project....\another-project
• Ddata\projects\a-project..\another-project

• A
  81% (47)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  10% (6)
• D
  5% (3)

Explanation

Path.normalize() resolves . (current dir) and .. (parent dir) segments, so data\\projects\\a-project\\..\\.. collapses by stepping up twice from a-project - first to projects, then to data - leaving data\\another-project, which is A.

Why the distractors fail:

• B ignores the .. segments entirely, as if normalize() were never called.
• C is the raw, un-normalized path - this would be the output of path.toString(), not path.normalize().
• D only removes one .. instead of both, which is a partial (incorrect) normalization.

Memory tip: Think of .. as a "delete the previous folder" instruction - count your .. segments and cancel them out one by one from right to left against the real path segments. Two .. after a-project erase a-project then projects, leaving only data.

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