From 373d3b1863ed6433c288dd87c7892380ec1b671a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:29:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] File.java (getParentFile): New method, from Classpath via
 Oskar Liljeblad.

	* java/io/File.java (getParentFile): New method, from Classpath
	via Oskar Liljeblad.

From-SVN: r35149
---
 libjava/ChangeLog         | 3 +++
 libjava/java/io/File.java | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index ace91c806e0..62dda821749 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-07-20  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
+	* java/io/File.java (getParentFile): New method, from Classpath
+	via Oskar Liljeblad.
+
 	* java/util/Vector.java (remove(Object)): Implemented.
 
 2000-07-19  Jeff Sturm  <jeff.sturm@appnet.com>
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/File.java b/libjava/java/io/File.java
index c8aaddfac2a..b9ff9ff23f2 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/File.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/File.java
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ public class File implements Serializable
     return path.substring(0, last);
   }
 
+  public File getParentFile ()
+  {
+    String parent = getParent ();
+    return (parent == null ? null : new File (parent));
+  }
+
   public String getPath ()
   {
     return path;