Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.net.URI; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Path path = Paths.get(new URI("file:///C:/home/docs/users.txt")); File file = new File("C:\\home\\docs\\users.txt"); Path toPath = file.toPath(); System.out.println(toPath.equals(path)); } }