import java.nio.file.Path;

/**
 * Resolves relative paths against a specific base directory.
 *
 */
public interface PathTranslator {

    /**
     * Resolves the specified path against the given base directory. The resolved path will be absolute and uses the
     * platform-specific file separator if a base directory is given. Otherwise, the input path will be returned
     * unaltered.
     *

    String alignToBaseDirectory(String path, File basedir);

    void unalignFromBaseDirectory(Model model, File basedir);

    String unalignFromBaseDirectory(String directory, File basedir);