How to avoid getting URL encoded paths from URL.getFile()?

Question

I\'m having the following problem when trying to get the path of a given resource:

    System.out.println(\"nf=\"+new File(\".\").getAbsolutePath());      
          


        

Answer 1

This is due to a URL handling quirk in the API. You can work around this by converting the URL string to a URI first:

new URI(this.getClass().getResource(".").toString()).getPath()

This will produce a String as follows:

"C:\Users\current user\workspace\xyz\bin\something"

Answer 2

I'm adding Mr_Thorynque comment as an answer as it also works and at least for me seems to be simpler.

this.getClass().getResource(".").toURI().getPath()