Spring StringUtils下cleanPath方法运行过程

StringUtils工具位于spring-core-5.x.x.jar下org/springframework/util下，其cleanPath方法代码如下：

public static String cleanPath(String path) {
   if (!hasLength(path)) {
      return path;
   }
   String pathToUse = replace(path, WINDOWS_FOLDER_SEPARATOR, FOLDER_SEPARATOR);
   int prefixIndex = pathToUse.indexOf(":");
   String prefix = "";
   if (prefixIndex != -1) {
      prefix = pathToUse.substring(0, prefixIndex + 1);
      if (prefix.contains("/")) {
         prefix = "";
      }
      else {
         pathToUse = pathToUse.substring(prefixIndex + 1);
      }
   }
   if (pathToUse.startsWith(FOLDER_SEPARATOR)) {
      prefix = prefix + FOLDER_SEPARATOR;
      pathToUse = pathToUse.substring(1);
   }

   String[] pathArray = delimitedListToStringArray(pathToUse, FOLDER_SEPARATOR);
   List<String> pathElements = new LinkedList<>();
   int tops = 0;

   for (int i = pathArray.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      String element = pathArray[i];
      if (CURRENT_PATH.equals(element)) {
         // Points to current directory - drop it.
      }
      else if (TOP_PATH.equals(element)) {
         // Registering top path found.
         tops++;
      }
      else {
         if (tops > 0) {
            // Merging path element with element corresponding to top path.
            tops--;
         }
         else {