Java Path to URL pathToURL(String path)

Description

path To URL

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static URL pathToURL(String path) throws MalformedURLException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    public static URL pathToURL(String path) throws MalformedURLException {
        URL retval = null;
        if (path == null) {
            return null;
        }

        // hack: for win32 we check drive specifier
        // for solaris we check startsWith /

        // this really should all take a clean look at URL(context,spec)

        if (!path.startsWith(java.io.File.separator) && (path.indexOf(':') != 1)) {
            path = System.getProperties().getProperty("user.dir") + '/' + path;
        }

        // switch from file separator to URL separator
        path = path.replace(java.io.File.separatorChar, '/');

        retval = new URL("file:" + path);
        return retval;
    }
}

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2. pathAsUrlString(String path)
3. pathFromURL(final URL url)
4. pathsMatch(URL realm, URL returnTo)
5. pathsToURLs(ClassLoader classLoader, String... paths)
6. pathToUrl(String path)
7. pathToURLs(String path)
8. pathToURLs(String path)
9. toTargetURL(String path)