TestUtility.java

package utility;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

/**
 * Created by Steven Lander on 4/28/2016.
 */
public final class TestUtility
{
    private TestUtility() {}

    /**
     * Takes the {@link String) name of a file in the test resources and returns a valid {@link File} object.
     *
     * @param fileName {@link String} file name that must reside in the test resources folder
     *
     * @return A {@link File} object that can correctly work on multiple platforms
     *
     * @throws URISyntaxException If an error occurs while getting the resource
     */
    public static File loadFileFromDisk(final String fileName)
    {
        // In order to provide GdalUtility.open() a good File object, the File object must be made in this manner
        // You CANNOT simply make a new File object using the ClassLoader, because the File object will have encoding
        // that prohibits gdal.Open() from working correctly when spaces are part of the file path
        try
        {
            return Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource(fileName).toURI()).toFile();
        }
        catch(final URISyntaxException exception)
        {
            throw new RuntimeException(exception);
        }
    }
}