Here you can find the source of toFile(String path)
public static File toFile(String path)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2010 Oobium, Inc.// w ww . j a v a2 s . c om * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Jeremy Dowdall <jeremy@oobium.com> - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.io.File; public class Main { public static File toFile(String path) { if (File.separatorChar == '/') { return new File(path.replace('\\', '/')); } else { return new File(path.replace('/', '\\')); } } }