Java URL Create createURL(String src, File basedir)

Description

Converts a string to a URL.

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
src	a URL or a file path
basedir	base directory for relative file paths

Exception

Parameter	Description
MalformedURLException	an exception

Return

URL-equivalent of src

Declaration

public static URL createURL(String src, File basedir) throws MalformedURLException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: LGPL 

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

public class Main {
    /**//from  w w  w.j  a v  a 2s  . c  o  m
     * Converts a string to a URL. If it doesn't form a valid URL as is, it will
     * be treated as a file and converted to a file: URL. Relative file paths
     * will be interpreted, relative to basedir, and converted to absolute form.
     * 
     * @param src a URL or a file path
     * @param basedir base directory for relative file paths
     * @return URL-equivalent of src
     * @throws MalformedURLException
     */
    public static URL createURL(String src, File basedir) throws MalformedURLException {
        URL srcURL;
        try {
            srcURL = new URL(src);
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            File srcFile = new File(src);
            if (!srcFile.isAbsolute()) {
                srcFile = new File(basedir, src);
            }
            srcURL = srcFile.toURI().toURL();
        }
        return srcURL;
    }
}

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