Here you can find the source of isFileURL(String path)
public static boolean isFileURL(String path)
//package com.java2s; /*//from www. j a v a2s .c o m * Copyright 2010, 2011 Institut Pasteur. * * This file is part of ICY. * * ICY is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * ICY is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with ICY. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import java.net.URL; public class Main { public static final String PROTOCOL_FILE = "file"; public static boolean isFileURL(String path) { return isFileURL(getURL(path)); } public static boolean isFileURL(URL url) { return (url != null) && url.getProtocol().equals(PROTOCOL_FILE); } /** * Convert a network path to a URL */ public static URL getURL(String path) { if (path == null) return null; // first we try as network URL try { return new URL(path); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { // then we try to get it as file URL try { return new File(path).toURI().toURL(); } catch (MalformedURLException e2) { return null; } } } }