Here you can find the source of toFile(String fileName)
public static File toFile(String fileName)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww . j a v a 2 s . co m*/ * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source * Copyright 2008, Red Hat Middleware LLC, and individual contributors * as indicated by the @author tags. * See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a * full listing of individual contributors. * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, * modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions * of the GNU Lesser General Public License, v. 2.1. * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT A * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License, * v.2.1 along with this distribution; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, * MA 02110-1301, USA. * * (C) 2008, * @author JBoss Inc. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static File toFile(String fileName) { try { return new File(fileName).getCanonicalFile(); } catch (IOException e) { return new File(fileName).getAbsoluteFile(); } } }