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// Create a file object File file = new File("filename"); // 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 = file.toURL(); // file:/d:/almanac1.4/java.io/filename } catch (MalformedURLException e) { } // Convert the URL to a file object file = new File(url.getFile()); // d:/almanac1.4/java.io/filename // Read the file contents using the URL try { // Open an input stream InputStream is = url.openStream(); // Read from is is.close(); } catch (IOException e) { // Could not open the file }