Java Path to URL getURLFromPath(String jarPath)

Description

get the URL from a given path string

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
jarPath	The path that represents a URL

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	is something goes wrong

Return

The resolved URL reference

Declaration

public static URL getURLFromPath(String jarPath) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* www.  j a v a2  s . c  o m*/
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
 * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
 * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
 */

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * get the URL from a given path string
     *
     * @param jarPath The path that represents a URL
     *
     * @return The resolved URL reference
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException is something goes wrong
     */
    public static URL getURLFromPath(String jarPath) {
        URL jarUrl;
        try {
            //is it an url
            jarUrl = new URL(jarPath);
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            try {
                //consider it as a file path
                jarUrl = new URL("file:" + jarPath);
            } catch (MalformedURLException ee) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to find jar:" + jarPath, ee);
            }
        }
        return jarUrl;
    }
}

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6. getUrlFromPath(String path)
7. getUrlFromUrlPath(String path)
8. getURLPath(URI uri)
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