Java Resource Path Get getAbsolutePathFromResource(Class reference, String resource)

Description

Returns the absolute path of the resource.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
urlResource	a parameter

Declaration

public static String getAbsolutePathFromResource(Class reference, String resource) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLDecoder;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  ww .j  ava 2s .  c o  m*/
     * Returns the absolute path of the resource. All special characters like
     * spaces etc. are decoded properly.
     * 
     * @param class
     * @param urlResource
     * @return
     */
    public static String getAbsolutePathFromResource(String resource) {
        return getAbsolutePathFromResource(Object.class, resource);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the absolute path of the resource. All special characters like
     * spaces etc. are decoded properly.
     * 
     * @param urlResource
     * @return
     */
    public static String getAbsolutePathFromResource(Class reference, String resource) {
        URL urlResource = reference.getResource(resource);
        if (urlResource == null)
            return null;

        //    return URI.create(urlResource.toString()).getPath();
        //    problem: URI can't parse spaces in URL at all.

        String urlString = URLDecoder.decode(urlResource.toString());

        if (urlString.startsWith("jar:"))
            urlString = urlString.substring("jar:".length());
        if (urlString.startsWith("file:"))
            urlString = urlString.substring("file:".length());

        //linux: /path/dir
        //windows: /C:/path/dir , also weg mit lead /
        if (urlString.indexOf(':') == 2)
            urlString = urlString.substring(1);

        //other ideas?

        return urlString;
    }
}

Related

1. classToResource(String className)
2. deserialize(Class parentOfResource, String resourcePath, Class targetClass)
3. existsResource(String pathName)
4. getAbsoluteResource(String path)
5. getAlternateResourceFile(final String resourcePath)
6. getBasePath(Class clazz, String resource)
7. getChildResources(String path)