func Base(path string) string {
	if path == "" {
		return "."
	}
	// Strip trailing slashes.
	for len(path) > 0 && IsPathSeparator(path[len(path)-1]) {
		path = path[0 : len(path)-1]
	}
	// Throw away volume name
	path = path[len(VolumeName(path)):]
	// Find the last element
	i := len(path) - 1
	for i >= 0 && !IsPathSeparator(path[i]) {
		i--
	}
	if i >= 0 {
		path = path[i+1:]
	}

	}
	return c.path
}

// Path represents the path from some root to a particular field.
type Path struct {
	name   string // the name of this field or "" if this is an index
	index  string // if name == "", this is a subscript (index or map key) of the previous element
	parent *Path  // nil if this is the root element
}

// NewPath creates a root Path object.
func NewPath(name string, moreNames ...string) *Path {

// If the path is empty, Base returns ".".
// If the path consists entirely of slashes, Base returns "/".
func Base(path string) string {
	if path == "" {
		return "."
	}
	// Strip trailing slashes.
	for len(path) > 0 && path[len(path)-1] == '/' {
		path = path[0 : len(path)-1]
	}
	// Find the last element
	if i := bytealg.LastIndexByteString(path, '/'); i >= 0 {
		path = path[i+1:]
	}

// If there is an error, it will be of type [*PathError].
func RemoveAll(path string) error {
	return removeAll(path)
}

// endsWithDot reports whether the final component of path is ".".
func endsWithDot(path string) bool {
	if path == "." {
		return true
	}
	if len(path) >= 2 && path[len(path)-1] == '.' && IsPathSeparator(path[len(path)-2]) {
		return true
	}
	return false

limitations under the License.
*/

package path

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"strings"

	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
)

// NewAuthorizer returns an authorizer which accepts a given set of paths.
// Each path is either a fully matching path or it ends in * in case a prefix match is done. A leading / is optional.

	EscapedPathSeparator = "\\" + PathSeparator
)

// ValidKeyRegex is a regex for a valid path key element.
var ValidKeyRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$")

// Path is a path in slice form.
type Path []string

// PathFromString converts a string path of form a.b.c to a string slice representation.
func PathFromString(path string) Path {
	path = filepath.Clean(path)

// Join(base, path) will always produce a path contained within base and
// Clean(path) will always produce an unrooted path with no ".." path elements.
//
// IsLocal is a purely lexical operation.
// In particular, it does not account for the effect of any symbolic links
// that may exist in the filesystem.
func IsLocal(path string) bool {
	return filepathlite.IsLocal(path)
}

}

// ShortPath returns an absolute or relative name for path, whatever is shorter.
func ShortPath(path string) string {
	if rel, err := filepath.Rel(Cwd(), path); err == nil && len(rel) < len(path) {
		return rel
	}
	return path
}

// RelPaths returns a copy of paths with absolute paths
// made relative to the current directory if they would be shorter.
func RelPaths(paths []string) []string {
	var out []string

			// Joining a relative path to a bare Windows drive letter produces a path
			// relative to the working directory on that drive, but the original path
			// was absolute, not relative. Keep the leading path separator so that it
			// remains absolute when joined to prefix.
		} else {
			// Prefix ends in a regular path element, so strip the path separator that
			// follows it.
			trimmed = trimmed[1:]

    /**
     * Appends the supplied path to this path, returning the new path.
     * The resulting path with be absolute or relative based on the path being appended _to_.
     * It makes no difference if the _appended_ path is absolute or relative.
     *
     * <pre>
     * path(':a:b').append(path(':c:d')) == path(':a:b:c:d')
     * path(':a:b').append(path('c:d')) == path(':a:b:c:d')
     * path('a:b').append(path(':c:d')) == path('a:b:c:d')