Java file to url

In this section, you will learn how to convert file to url.

Description of code:

The File class provides a method toURL() for this purpose. But if the path of file contains special characters link space or exclamation mark, then the problem will occur as this method just appends "file:/" at the starting of the file path and doesn't escape any special characters.

To overcome this problem, you can use the following code:

File.toURI().toURL() : it gives correct output, escaping special characters from the file path.

Here is the code:

import java.io.*;

public class FileTOURL {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		File file = new File("C:/Java Examples/data.txt");
		System.out.println(file.toURL());
		System.out.println(file.toURI().toURL());
	}
}

Through the use of file.toURI().toURL(), you can easily convert file to url whether there is a simple path or contains special characters.

Output:

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