AK: Add LexicalPath::append and LexicalPath::join

This patch adds two new methods to LexicalPath.  LexicalPath::append
appends a new path component to a LexicalPath, and LexicalPath::join
constructs a new LexicalPath from one or more components.

Co-authored-by: Gunnar Beutner <gunnar@beutner.name>

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/AK/LexicalPath.cpp b/AK/LexicalPath.cpp
index e4dbf706ff..0e18d00365 100644
--- a/AK/LexicalPath.cpp
+++ b/AK/LexicalPath.cpp
@@ -116,4 +116,15 @@ String LexicalPath::relative_path(String absolute_path, const String& prefix)
     return absolute_path.substring(prefix_length);
 }
 
+void LexicalPath::append(String const& component)
+{
+    StringBuilder builder;
+    builder.append(m_string);
+    builder.append('/');
+    builder.append(component);
+
+    m_string = builder.to_string();
+    canonicalize();
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/AK/LexicalPath.h b/AK/LexicalPath.h
index 20ceadaa0a..e5c3b2d733 100644
--- a/AK/LexicalPath.h
+++ b/AK/LexicalPath.h
@@ -29,9 +29,21 @@ public:
 
     bool has_extension(const StringView&) const;
 
+    void append(String const& component);
+
     static String canonicalized_path(String);
     static String relative_path(String absolute_path, String const& prefix);
 
+    template<typename... S>
+    static LexicalPath join(String const& first, S&&... rest)
+    {
+        StringBuilder builder;
+        builder.append(first);
+        ((builder.append('/'), builder.append(forward<S>(rest))), ...);
+
+        return LexicalPath { builder.to_string() };
+    }
+
 private:
     void canonicalize();