Java URI from toURI(final String path)

Description

Converts a URI string or file path to a URI object.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	the URI string or path

Return

the URI object

Declaration

public static URI toURI(final String path) 

Method Source Code

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import java.io.File;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Converts a URI string or file path to a URI object.
     * 
     * @param path the URI string or path
     * @return the URI object
     */
    public static URI toURI(final String path) {
        try {
            // Resolves absolute URI
            return new URI(path);
        } catch (final URISyntaxException e) {
            // A file path or a Apache Commons VFS URL might contain blanks.
            // A file path may start with a driver letter
            try {
                final URL url = new URL(path);
                return new URI(url.getProtocol(), url.getHost(), url.getPath(), null);
            } catch (MalformedURLException | URISyntaxException nestedEx) {
                return new File(path).toURI();
            }
        }
    }
}

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