Java URL to File Name getFileForURL(String url)

Description

get File For URL

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	the target URL

Return

a file created based on the given URL

Declaration

public static File getFileForURL(String url) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param url the target URL
     * @return a file created based on the given URL
     */
    public static File getFileForURL(String url) {
        //fix for wls
        if (!url.startsWith("file:/")) {
            url = "file:/" + url;
        }

        url = url.replaceAll("%20", " ");

        try {
            return new File((new URL(url)).getFile());
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

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