Understanding java File source code and exploring File paths

@Override
    public String resolve(File f) {
        String path = f.getPath();
        int pl = f.getPrefixLength();
        if ((pl == 2) && (path.charAt(0) == slash))
            return path;                        /* UNC */
        if (pl == 3)
            return path;                        /* Absolute local */
        if (pl == 0)
            return getUserPath() + slashify(path); /* Completely relative */
        if (pl == 1) {                          /* Drive-relative */
            String up = getUserPath();
            String ud = getDrive(up);
            if (ud != null) return ud + path;
            return up + path;                   /* User dir is a UNC path */
        }
        if (pl == 2) {                          /* Directory-relative */
            String up = getUserPath();
            String ud = getDrive(up);
            if ((ud != null) && path.startsWith(ud))
                return up + slashify(path.substring(2));
            char drive = path.charAt(0);
            String dir = getDriveDirectory(drive);
            String np;
            if (dir != null) {
                /* When resolving a directory-relative path that refers to a
                   drive other than the current drive, insist that the caller
                   have read permission on the result */
                String p = drive + (':' + dir + slashify(path.substring(2)));
                SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
                try {
                    if (security != null) security.checkRead(p);
                } catch (SecurityException x) {
                    /* Don't disclose the drive's directory in the exception */
                    throw new SecurityException("Cannot resolve path " + path);
                }
                return p;
            }
            return drive + ":" + slashify(path.substring(2)); /* fake it */
        }
        throw new InternalError("Unresolvable path: " + path);
    }

@Override
    public String normalize(String path) {
        int n = path.length();
        char slash = this.slash;
        char altSlash = this.altSlash;
        char prev = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            char c = path.charAt(i);
            if (c == altSlash)  // 1：包含“/”
                return normalize(path, n, (prev == slash) ? i - 1 : i);
            if ((c == slash) && (prev == slash) && (i > 1)) /:2：包含  "\"，并且"\\"，并且i>1
                return normalize(path, n, i - 1);
            if ((c == &#39;:&#39;) && (i > 1))   //3：包含 ":",并且i>1
                return normalize(path, n, 0);
            prev = c;
        }
        if (prev == slash) return normalize(path, n, n - 1);
        return path;  //4:若是绝对路径，则直接返回绝对路径
                      //5:"\\" 或 "\" 开头，直接返回
    }

/* Normalize the given pathname, whose length is len, starting at the given
       offset; everything before this offset is already normal. */
    private String normalize(String path, int len, int off) {
        if (len == 0) return path;
        if (off < 3) off = 0;   /* Avoid fencepost cases with UNC pathnames */
        int src;
        char slash = this.slash;
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(len);

        if (off == 0) {
            /* Complete normalization, including prefix */
            src = normalizePrefix(path, len, sb);
        } else {
            /* Partial normalization */
            src = off;
            sb.append(path.substring(0, off));
        }

        /* Remove redundant slashes from the remainder of the path, forcing all
           slashes into the preferred slash */
        while (src < len) {
            char c = path.charAt(src++);
            if (isSlash(c)) {
                while ((src < len) && isSlash(path.charAt(src))) src++;
                if (src == len) {
                    /* Check for trailing separator */
                    int sn = sb.length();
                    if ((sn == 2) && (sb.charAt(1) == &#39;:&#39;)) {
                        /* "z:\\" */
                        sb.append(slash);
                        break;
                    }
                    if (sn == 0) {
                        /* "\\" */
                        sb.append(slash);
                        break;
                    }
                    if ((sn == 1) && (isSlash(sb.charAt(0)))) {
                        /* "\\\\" is not collapsed to "\\" because "\\\\" marks
                           the beginning of a UNC pathname.  Even though it is
                           not, by itself, a valid UNC pathname, we leave it as
                           is in order to be consistent with the win32 APIs,
                           which treat this case as an invalid UNC pathname
                           rather than as an alias for the root directory of
                           the current drive. */
                        sb.append(slash);
                        break;
                    }
                    /* Path does not denote a root directory, so do not append
                       trailing slash */
                    break;
                } else {
                    sb.append(slash);
                }
            } else {
                sb.append(c);
            }
        }

        String rv = sb.toString();
        return rv;
    }

@Override
    public int prefixLength(String path) {
        char slash = this.slash;
        int n = path.length();
        if (n == 0) return 0;
        char c0 = path.charAt(0);
        char c1 = (n > 1) ? path.charAt(1) : 0;
        if (c0 == slash) {
            if (c1 == slash) return 2;  /* Absolute UNC pathname "\\\\foo" */ UNC的绝对路径
            return 1;                   /* Drive-relative "\\foo" */ 与驱动盘相对路径
        }
        if (isLetter(c0) && (c1 == ':')) {
            if ((n > 2) && (path.charAt(2) == slash))
                return 3;               /* Absolute local pathname "z:\\foo" */  本地绝对路径
            return 2;                   /* Directory-relative "z:foo" */  目录相对路径
        }
        return 0;                       /* Completely relative */   相对路径
    }