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

public class FileMonitor {

    /**
     * Utility to convert {@link File} to {@link URL}.
     * 
     * @param filePath the path of the file
     * @return the {@link URL} representation of the file.
     * @throws MalformedURLException
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file path is null, empty or blank
     */
    public static URL convertFileToURL(String filePath) throws MalformedURLException {

        File file = new File(filePath.trim());
        return file.toURI().toURL();
    }
}