question: private String normalize ( String path , boolean discardRelativePrefix ) { path = UrlUtils . canonicalizePath ( path , discardRelativePrefix ) ; int colon = path . indexOf ( ':' ) ; if ( colon != - 1 ) { int slash = path . indexOf ( '/' ) ; if ( slash == - 1 || colon < slash ) { path = "./" + path ; } } return path ; }
target:  Returns the normalized path.