Error in URL.getFile()
java-7
Solution
Don't use `URL.getFile()`, it returns the "file" part of the URL, which is not the same as a file or path name of a file on disk. (It looks like it, but there are many ways in which there is a mismatch, as you have discovered.) Instead, call `URL.toURI()` and pass the resulting URI object to `Paths.get()`
That should work, as long as your URL points to a real file and not to a resource inside a jar file.
Example:
URL url = getClass().getResource("/some/resource/path");
Path dest = Paths.get(url.toURI());
Problem
I am trying to open a file from URL. Object of URL is created with getResource() method of ClassLoader. Output URL returned from getResource() method is = ``` file:/C:/users/ ``` After using URL.getFile() method which returns String as " /C:/users/ " it removes "file:" only not the "/ " This / gives me a error in opening a file using new FileInputStream. Error : FileNotFoundException " / " in the starting of the filename causes the same problem in getting the path object. Here , value of directory is retrieved from the URL.getResource().getFile() Path Dest = Paths.get(Directory); Error received is : java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 2: /C:/Users/ is anyone face such issue ?