/*
* eXist Open Source Native XML Database
* Copyright (C) 2011 The eXist Project
* http://exist-db.org
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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*
* This program 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*
* $Id$
*/
package org.exist.xquery.modules.file;
import java.io.File;
import java.net.URI;
import org.exist.xquery.XPathException;
/**
* Helper class for FileModule
*
* @author Dannes Wessels (dannes@exist-db.org)
*/
public class FileModuleHelper {
private FileModuleHelper() {
// no instance
}
/**
* Convert path (URL, file path) to a File object.
*
* @param path Path written as OS specific path or as URL
* @return File object
* @throws XPathException Thrown when the URL cannot be used.
*/
public static File getFile(String path) throws XPathException{
File baseDir = null;
if(path.startsWith("file:")){
try {
baseDir = new File( new URI(path) );
} catch (Exception ex) { // catch all (URISyntaxException)
throw new XPathException(path + " is not a valid URI: '"+ ex.getMessage() +"'");
}
} else {
baseDir = new File(path);
}
return baseDir;
}
}