Here you can find the source of pathToURI(String path)
public static String pathToURI(String path)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2010 Simon Mieth/* w w w. j a v a 2 s .c o m*/ * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. ******************************************************************************/ public class Main { public static String pathToURI(String path) { StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); char[] c = path.toCharArray(); if (c.length > 0) { buf.append("file://"); if (c[0] != '/') { buf.append('/'); } for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++) { if (Character.isWhitespace(c[i])) { buf.append("%20"); } else if (c[i] == '\\') { buf.append('/'); } else { buf.append(c[i]); } } } return buf.toString(); } }