public static String cleanPath(String path) {
        if (path == null) {
            return null;
        }
        String pathToUse = replace(path, WINDOWS_FOLDER_SEPARATOR, FOLDER_SEPARATOR);

        // Strip prefix from path to analyze, to not treat it as part of the
        // first path element. This is necessary to correctly parse paths like
        // "file:core/../core/io/Resource.class", where the ".." should just
        // strip the first "core" directory while keeping the "file:" prefix.
        int prefixIndex = pathToUse.indexOf(":");
        String prefix = "";
        if (prefixIndex != -1) {
            prefix = pathToUse.substring(0, prefixIndex + 1);
            pathToUse = pathToUse.substring(prefixIndex + 1);
        }
        if (pathToUse.startsWith(FOLDER_SEPARATOR)) {
            prefix = prefix + FOLDER_SEPARATOR;
            pathToUse = pathToUse.substring(1);
        }

        String[] pathArray = delimitedListToStringArray(pathToUse, FOLDER_SEPARATOR);
        List<String> pathElements = new LinkedList<>();
        int tops = 0;

        for (int i = pathArray.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            String element = pathArray[i];
            if (CURRENT_PATH.equals(element)) {
                // Points to current directory - drop it.
            } else if (TOP_PATH.equals(element)) {
                // Registering top path found.
                tops++;
            } else {
                if (tops > 0) {
                    // Merging path element with element corresponding to top path.
                    tops--;
                } else {
                    // Normal path element found.
                    pathElements.add(0, element);
                }
            }
        }

        // Remaining top paths need to be retained.
        for (int i = 0; i < tops; i++) {
            pathElements.add(0, TOP_PATH);
        }

        return prefix + collectionToDelimitedString(pathElements, FOLDER_SEPARATOR);
    }
Normalize the path by suppressing sequences like "path/.." and
inner simple dots.
<p>The result is convenient for path comparison. For other uses,
notice that Windows separators ("\") are replaced by simple slashes.

@param path the original path
@return the normalized path
src/main/java/spark/utils/StringUtils.java