private static String removeSlashes(String path) {
        String retString = path;
        String slash = System.getProperty("file.separator");

        //if non-Unix slashes replace
        retString = retString.replace(slash, "/");

        retString = retString.replaceFirst("^/", "");
        retString = retString.replaceFirst("/$", "");

        return retString;
    }
private static String removeSlashes ( String path ) { String retString = path ; String slash = System . getProperty ( "file.separator" ) ; retString = retString . replace ( slash , "/" ) ; retString = retString . replaceFirst ( "^/" , "" ) ; retString = retString . replaceFirst ( "/$" , "" ) ; return retString ; }
Removes leading or trailing slashes from a string.

@param path the string to remove leading or trailing slashes
@return the string without leading or trailing slashes