// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ConvertBetweenFilenamePathAndURL.java
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import java.io.File;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * This program demonstrates how to convert between a filename path and a URL.
 * 
 * @version 1.0
 * @author  Jeffrey M. Hunter  (jhunter@idevelopment.info)
 * @author  http://www.idevelopment.info
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

public class ConvertBetweenFilenamePathAndURL {

    private static void doConversionTest() {

            // Create a File object
            File fileName = new File("README_InputFile.txt");

            // Convert the file object to a URL
            URL url = null;
            try {

                // The file need not exist. It is made into an absolute path
                // by prefixing the current working directory
                url = fileName.toURL();

                System.out.println();
                System.out.println("Converted fileName to URL");
                System.out.println("-------------------------");
                System.out.println("  fileName = " + fileName);
                System.out.println("  URL      = " + url);

            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            // Convert the URL to a file object
            fileName = new File(url.getFile());

            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("Converted URL to fileName");
            System.out.println("-------------------------");
            System.out.println("  URL      = " + url);
            System.out.println("  fileName = " + fileName);

            // Read the file contents usign the URL
            try {

                // Open an input stream
                InputStream is = url.openStream();

                byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
                int j = 0;
                while((j=is.read(buf))!=-1) {
                    // Perform any actions with this InputStream...
                }
                
                is.close();
                is.close();

            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

    }


    /**
     * Sole entry point to the class and application.
     * @param args Array of String arguments.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        doConversionTest();
    }

}