org.apache.xml.resolver.helpers
Class FileURL

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.xml.resolver.helpers.FileURL

public abstract class FileURL
extends java.lang.Object

Static method for dealing with file: URLs.

This class defines a static method that can be used to construct an appropriate file: URL from parts. It's defined here so that it can be reused throught the resolver.

(Yes, I'd rather have called this class FileURI, but given that a jave.net.URL is returned, it seemed...even more confusing.)

Version:

1.0

Author:

Norman Walsh Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM

Method Summary

static java.net.URL

makeURL(java.lang.String pathname) Construct a file: URL for a path name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

makeURL

public static java.net.URL makeURL(java.lang.String pathname)
                            throws java.net.MalformedURLException

Construct a file: URL for a path name.

URLs in the file: scheme can be constructed for paths on the local file system. Several possibilities need to be considered:

• If the path does not begin with a slash, then it is assumed to reside in the users current working directory (System.getProperty("user.dir")).
• On Windows machines, the current working directory uses backslashes (\\, instead of /).
• If the current working directory is "/", don't add an extra slash before the base name.

This method is declared static so that other classes can use it directly.

Parameters:

pathname - The path name component for which to construct a URL.

Returns:

The appropriate file: URL.

Throws:

java.net.MalformedURLException - if the pathname can't be turned into a proper URL.