Java URI Create getURIFromPath(String fileOrURI)

Description

Get a URI from a string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileOrURI	a string containing either a URI or a file-system path.

Return

a properly-formed URI

Declaration

public static URI getURIFromPath(String fileOrURI) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get a URI from a string.  In most cases, this is just the plain URI, but in the
     * case of file-paths, this may include escaping special characters.  Effectively
     * the inverse of getNeatPathFromURI().
     *
     * @param fileOrURI a string containing either a URI or a file-system path.
     * @return a properly-formed URI
     */
    public static URI getURIFromPath(String fileOrURI) {
        URI uri = null;
        try {
            uri = new URI(fileOrURI);
            if (uri.getScheme() == null) {
                uri = new File(fileOrURI).toURI();
            }
        } catch (URISyntaxException usx) {
            // This can happen if we're passed a file-name containing spaces.
            uri = new File(fileOrURI).toURI();
        }
        return uri;
    }
}

Related

1. getUri(String uriName)
2. getURIAddress(URI uri)
3. getUriByEndpoint(String endpoint)
4. getURIFilename(final String s)
5. getURIFromEncodedString(String unencoded)
6. getURIFromPath(String path)
7. getURIName(String forwardSlashPath)
8. getURIName(URI uri)
9. getURIParameterValue(URI uri, String name, String defVal)