moved method to here instead of in Runtime
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/velocity/trunk@73950 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/velocity/util/StringUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/velocity/util/StringUtils.java
index 72c0521..3d635a5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/velocity/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/velocity/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
import java.io.*;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.Vector;
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@
* string utilities class.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:jvanzyl@periapt.com">Jason van Zyl</a>
- * @version $Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.4 2000/12/11 19:39:01 jon Exp $
+ * @version $Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.5 2000/12/17 21:53:42 jon Exp $
*/
public class StringUtils
{
@@ -93,6 +95,33 @@
return s;
}
+ /**
+ * This was borrowed form xml-fop. Convert a file
+ * name into a string that represents a well-formed
+ * URL.
+ *
+ * d:\path\to\logfile
+ * file://d:/path/to/logfile
+ *
+ * NOTE: this is a total hack-a-roo! This should
+ * be dealt with in the org.apache.log package. Client
+ * packages should not have to mess around making
+ * properly formed URLs when log files are almost
+ * always going to be specified with file paths!
+ */
+ public static String fileToURL(String filename)
+ throws MalformedURLException
+ {
+ File file = new File(filename);
+ String path = file.getAbsolutePath();
+ String fSep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+
+ if (fSep != null && fSep.length() == 1)
+ path = "file://" + path.replace(fSep.charAt(0), '/');
+
+ return path;
+ }
+
public static StringBuffer stringSubstitution(String argStr,
Hashtable vars)
{
