Here you can find the source of toFile(File baseDir, String path)
public static File toFile(File baseDir, String path)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j a va2 s . c o m documentr - Edit, maintain, and present software documentation on the web. Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Maik Schreiber This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; public class Main { public static File toFile(File baseDir, String path) { File result = baseDir; for (String part : path.split("/")) { //$NON-NLS-1$ result = new File(result, part); } return result; } }