edu.mit.jverbnet.util
Class ResourceUtils

java.lang.Object
  edu.mit.jverbnet.util.ResourceUtils

public class ResourceUtils
extends Object

A few utilities relating to Files and URLs.

Since:

JVerbnet 1.0.0

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Constructor Summary

ResourceUtils()

Method Summary

static File	toFile(URL url) Transforms a URL into a File.
static File	toFileChecked(URL url) Transforms a URL into a File.
static URL	toURL(File file) Transforms a file into a URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ResourceUtils

public ResourceUtils()

Method Detail

toFileChecked

public static File toFileChecked(URL url)
                          throws IOException

Transforms a URL into a File. The URL must use the 'file' protocol and must be in a UTF-8 compatible format as specified in URLDecoder.

Returns:

a file pointing to the same place as the url, or null if the url does not use the 'file' protocol

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the url is null

IOException - if there is an IO problem

Since:

JVerbnet 1.0.0

toFile

public static File toFile(URL url)
                   throws IOException

Transforms a URL into a File. The URL must use the 'file' protocol and must be in a UTF-8 compatible format as specified in URLDecoder.

Returns:

a file pointing to the same place as the url

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the url is null

IllegalArgumentException - if the url does not use the 'file' protocol

IOException - if there is an IO problem

Since:

JVerbnet 1.0.0

toURL

public static URL toURL(File file)

Transforms a file into a URL.

Parameters:

file - the file to be transformed

Returns:

a URL representing the file

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the specified file is null

Since:

JVerbnet 1.0.0