Java Path to URL pathFromURL(final URL url)

Description

Returns the path to a file without the filename.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	the url in question

Return

the path to the file

Declaration

public static String pathFromURL(final URL url) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  ww. j a  v  a2s. c  o  m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Fabian Hirschmann <fabian@hirschmann.email>
 *
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 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the path to a file without the filename.
     *
     * @param url the url in question
     * @return the path to the file
     */
    public static String pathFromURL(final URL url) {
        checkNotNull(url);
        checkArgument(url.getFile().contains(System.getProperty("file.separator")),
                "Path does not contain a file separator.");
        return url.getFile().substring(0, url.getFile().lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
    }
}

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