Java - URL getFile() Method with Examples

Description

The Java URL getFile() method returns the file name of this URL. The returned file portion will be the same as getPath(), plus the concatenation of the value of getQuery(), if any. If there is no query portion, this method and getPath() will return identical results.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.net.URL.getFile() method

public String getFile()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

the file name of this URL, or an empty string if one does not exist.

Exception

NA

Example 1

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getFile() method for a valid url with https protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getFile() method, we're getting the file name and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("https","www.tutorialspoint.com","/index.htm");
         String content = url.getFile();
         System.out.println(content);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

/index.htm

Example 2

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getFile() method for a valid url with query parameters. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getFile() method, we're getting the file name and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm?language=en#j2se");
         String fileName = url.getFile();
         System.out.println(fileName);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

/index.htm?language=en

Example 3

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getFile() method for a valid url with file protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getFile() method, we're getting the file name and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("file","www.tutorialspoint.com","/index.htm");
         String fileName = url.getFile();
         System.out.println(fileName);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

/index.htm