Here you can find the source of openFileOrURL(String name)
public static InputStream openFileOrURL(String name) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ***** * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1// ww w . ja va2 s. c o m * * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version * 1.1 (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.mozilla.org/MPL/ * * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the * License. * * The Original Code is part of dcm4che, an implementation of DICOM(TM) in * Java(TM), hosted at https://github.com/gunterze/dcm4che. * * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is * Agfa Healthcare. * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2011 * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved. * * Contributor(s): * See @authors listed below * * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of * either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"), * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL. * * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */ import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.URL; public class Main { public static InputStream openFileOrURL(String name) throws IOException { if (name.startsWith("resource:")) { URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(name.substring(9)); if (url == null) throw new FileNotFoundException(name); return url.openStream(); } if (name.indexOf(':') < 2) return new FileInputStream(name); return new URL(name).openStream(); } }