Java Path to URL getURL(String path)

Description

Convert a network path to a URL

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static URL getURL(String path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w w  w  .  j  a v a 2  s  . c om*/
 * Copyright 2010, 2011 Institut Pasteur.
 * 
 * This file is part of ICY.
 * 
 * ICY is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * ICY is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with ICY. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert a network path to a URL
     */
    public static URL getURL(String path) {
        if (path == null)
            return null;

        // first we try as network URL
        try {
            return new URL(path);
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            // then we try to get it as file URL
            try {
                return new File(path).toURI().toURL();
            } catch (MalformedURLException e2) {
                return null;
            }
        }
    }
}

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5. getURL(String path)
6. getURL(String path, URL context)
7. getUrl(String pluginId, String relativePath)
8. getURL(String schema, String host, String path)
9. getUrl(URL base, String path)