Android Path Create getAbsolutePathFromResource(String resource)

Description

Returns the absolute path of the resource.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
urlResource	a parameter

Declaration

public static String getAbsolutePathFromResource(String resource) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  w  w .jav  a  2s.c om*/
     * Returns the absolute path of the resource. All special characters like
     * spaces etc. are decoded properly.
     * 
     * @param class
     * @param urlResource
     * @return
     */
    public static String getAbsolutePathFromResource(String resource) {
        return getAbsolutePathFromResource(Object.class, resource);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the absolute path of the resource. All special characters like
     * spaces etc. are decoded properly.
     * 
     * @param urlResource
     * @return
     */
    public static String getAbsolutePathFromResource(Class reference,
            String resource) {
        URL urlResource = reference.getResource(resource);
        if (urlResource == null)
            return null;

        //    return URI.create(urlResource.toString()).getPath();
        //    problem: URI can't parse spaces in URL at all.

        String urlString = URLDecoder.decode(urlResource.toString());

        if (urlString.startsWith("jar:"))
            urlString = urlString.substring("jar:".length());
        if (urlString.startsWith("file:"))
            urlString = urlString.substring("file:".length());

        //linux: /path/dir
        //windows: /C:/path/dir , also weg mit lead /
        if (urlString.indexOf(':') == 2)
            urlString = urlString.substring(1);

        //other ideas?

        return urlString;
    }
}

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4. getAbsolutePath(String strCurrenDir, String strFileName)
5. getAbsolutePathFromResource(Class reference, String resource)
6. getCanonicalPath(File file)
7. getDirAndFullName(File f)
8. getDirName(String dir)
9. getDownloadPath()