Convert relative config.project_path to absolute path FrontEndART#81

src/main/java/eu/assuremoss/utils/Configuration.java

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public Configuration(String generalFileName, String mapFileName) throws IOExcept
         properties = new Properties();
         loadConfiguration(generalFileName);
         loadConfiguration(mapFileName);
+
+        convertRelativePathToAbsolutePath();
     }
 
     private void loadConfiguration(String confFileName) throws IOException {
@@ -83,6 +85,12 @@ private Properties loadPropertiesFromResource(String fileName) throws IOExceptio
         return prop;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Prepends the current working directory to all paths specified in the configuration.
+     */
+    private void convertRelativePathToAbsolutePath() {
+        updatePathToAbsolute(PROJECT_PATH_KEY);
+    }
 
     public static boolean archiveEnabled(Properties props) {
         return Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty(ARCHIVE_ENABLED));
@@ -99,4 +107,14 @@ public static String patchSavePath(Properties props) {
     public static boolean isTestingEnabled() {
         return Boolean.parseBoolean(VulnRepairDriver.properties.getProperty(PROJECT_RUN_TESTS));
     }
+
+    private void updatePathToAbsolute(String key) {
+        String path = properties.get(key).toString();
+
+        if (PathHandler.isAbsolute(path)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        properties.setProperty(key, PathHandler.toAbsolute(path));
+    }
 }

src/main/java/eu/assuremoss/utils/PathHandler.java

@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ public class PathHandler {
     private final String patchUnitTestsCSV = "patch_unit_tests.csv";
 
 
+    public PathHandler(Properties props) {
+        this.props = props;
+    }
+
     public static String joinPath(String first, String... args) {
         return String.valueOf(Paths.get(first, args));
     }
 
-    public PathHandler(Properties props) {
-        this.props = props;
+    public static String toAbsolute(String path) {
+        return joinPath(Utils.getWorkingDir(), path);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isAbsolute(String path) {
+        return path.startsWith(Utils.getWorkingDir());
     }
 
     // Directories

src/main/java/eu/assuremoss/utils/Utils.java

@@ -256,4 +256,8 @@ public static String getOsName() {
         if (OS_NAME.contains("Linux")) return "Linux";
         return OS_NAME;
     }
+
+    public static String getWorkingDir() {
+        return System.getProperty("user.dir");
+    }
 }

src/test/java/eu/assuremoss/utils/PathHandlerTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package eu.assuremoss.utils;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class PathHandlerTest {
+    String testProjectRelativePath = "test-project";
+    String testProjectAbsolutePath = PathHandler.joinPath(Utils.getWorkingDir(), testProjectRelativePath);
+
+    @Test
+    void testToAbsolute() {
+        Assertions.assertEquals(testProjectAbsolutePath, PathHandler.toAbsolute(testProjectRelativePath));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testIsAbsolute() {
+        Assertions.assertTrue(PathHandler.isAbsolute(testProjectAbsolutePath));
+        Assertions.assertFalse(PathHandler.isAbsolute(testProjectRelativePath));
+    }
+}