Here you can find the source of toFiles(String classPath)
public static File[] toFiles(String classPath) throws IllegalArgumentException
//package com.java2s; /*/*w w w. j a v a2 s. c o m*/ * ClassPathUtil.java - A utility for class path handling. * * Copyright (c) 2009-2015 PIAX develoment team * Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Osaka University * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 BBR Inc, Osaka University * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to * the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * * $Id: ClassPathUtil.java 718 2013-07-07 23:49:08Z yos $ */ import java.io.File; import java.net.URISyntaxException; import java.net.URL; public class Main { public static File[] toFiles(String classPath) throws IllegalArgumentException { String[] paths = classPath.split(File.pathSeparator); File[] files = new File[paths.length]; for (int i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) { files[i] = new File(paths[i]); if (!files[i].exists()) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown path:" + paths[i]); } } return files; } public static File[] toFiles(URL[] urls) throws URISyntaxException { File[] files = new File[urls.length]; for (int i = 0; i < urls.length; i++) { files[i] = new File(urls[i].toURI()); } return files; } }