diff -r 2d2b2be57c78 -r 22e417cdddee src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/sjavac/Util.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package com.sun.tools.sjavac;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+/**
+ * Utilities.
+ *
+ * <p><b>This is NOT part of any supported API.
+ * If you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own
+ * risk.  This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change
+ * or deletion without notice.</b></p>
+ */
+public class Util {
+
+    public static String toFileSystemPath(String pkgId) {
+        if (pkgId == null || pkgId.length()==0) return null;
+        String pn;
+        if (pkgId.charAt(0) == ':') {
+            // When the module is the default empty module.
+            // Do not prepend the module directory, because there is none.
+            // Thus :java.foo.bar translates to java/foo/bar (or \)
+            pn = pkgId.substring(1).replace('.',File.separatorChar);
+        } else {
+            // There is a module. Thus jdk.base:java.foo.bar translates
+            // into jdk.base/java/foo/bar
+            int cp = pkgId.indexOf(':');
+            String mn = pkgId.substring(0,cp);
+            pn = mn+File.separatorChar+pkgId.substring(cp+1).replace('.',File.separatorChar);
+        }
+        return pn;
+    }
+
+    public static String justPackageName(String pkgName) {
+        int c = pkgName.indexOf(":");
+        assert(c != -1);
+        return pkgName.substring(c+1);
+    }
+
+    public static String extractStringOption(String opName, String s) {
+        int p = s.indexOf(opName+"=");
+        if (p == -1) return null;
+        p+=opName.length()+1;
+        int pe = s.indexOf(',', p);
+        if (pe == -1) pe = s.length();
+        return s.substring(p, pe);
+    }
+
+    public static int extractIntOption(String opName, String s) {
+        int p = s.indexOf(opName+"=");
+        if (p == -1) return 0;
+        p+=opName.length()+1;
+        int pe = s.indexOf(',', p);
+        if (pe == -1) pe = s.length();
+        int v = 0;
+        try {
+            v = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(p, pe));
+        } catch (Exception e) {}
+        return v;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clean out unwanted sub options supplied inside a primary option.
+     * For example to only had portfile remaining from:
+     *    settings="--server:id=foo,portfile=bar"
+     * do settings = cleanOptions("--server:",Util.set("-portfile"),settings);
+     *    now settings equals "--server:portfile=bar"
+     *
+     * @param optionPrefix The option name, including colon, eg --server:
+     * @param allowsSubOptions A set of the allowed sub options, id portfile etc.
+     * @param s The option settings string.
+     */
+    public static String cleanSubOptions(String optionPrefix, Set<String> allowedSubOptions, String s) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        if (!s.startsWith(optionPrefix)) return "";
+        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s.substring(optionPrefix.length()), ",");
+        while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
+            String o = st.nextToken();
+            int p = o.indexOf('=');
+            if (p>0) {
+                String key = o.substring(0,p);
+                String val = o.substring(p+1);
+                if (allowedSubOptions.contains(key)) {
+                    if (sb.length() > 0) sb.append(',');
+                    sb.append(key+"="+val);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to create a set with strings.
+     */
+    public static Set<String> set(String... ss) {
+        Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>();
+        set.addAll(Arrays.asList(ss));
+        return set;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Normalize windows drive letter paths to upper case to enable string
+     * comparison.
+     *
+     * @param file File name to normalize
+     * @return The normalized string if file has a drive letter at the beginning,
+     *         otherwise the original string.
+     */
+    public static String normalizeDriveLetter(String file) {
+        if (file.length() > 2 && file.charAt(1) == ':') {
+            return Character.toUpperCase(file.charAt(0)) + file.substring(1);
+        } else if (file.length() > 3 && file.charAt(0) == '*'
+                   && file.charAt(2) == ':') {
+            // Handle a wildcard * at the beginning of the string.
+            return file.substring(0, 1) + Character.toUpperCase(file.charAt(1))
+                   + file.substring(2);
+        }
+        return file;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Locate the setting for the server properties.
+     */
+    public static String findServerSettings(String[] args) {
+        for (String s : args) {
+            if (s.startsWith("--server:")) {
+                return s;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}