Here you can find the source of buildURL(String spec)
public static URL buildURL(String spec)
//package com.java2s; /*/*w ww . jav a 2s .c om*/ * @(#)$Id: ResourceUtils.java 3619 2008-03-26 07:23:03Z yui $ * * Copyright 2006-2008 Makoto YUI * * 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. * * Contributors: * Makoto YUI - initial implementation */ import java.io.File; import java.net.*; public class Main { public static URL buildURL(String spec) { assert (spec != null); final boolean isFile = spec.startsWith("file:"); try { if (isFile) { final File file = new File(spec.substring(5)); return adjustTrailingSlash(file.toURL(), file.isDirectory()); } return new URL(spec); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could't build URL: " + spec); } } private static URL adjustTrailingSlash(URL url, boolean trailingSlash) throws MalformedURLException { String file = url.getFile(); if (trailingSlash == (file.endsWith("/"))) { return url; } file = trailingSlash ? file + "/" : file.substring(0, file.length() - 1); return new URL(url.getProtocol(), url.getHost(), file); } }