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+/*
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+
+public class URLHelper
+{
+    /**
+     * Because the office need URLs for loading/saving documents
+     * we must convert used system pathes.
+     * And java use another notation for file URLs ... correct it.
+     *
+     * @param aSystemPath
+     *          represent the file in system notation
+     *
+     * @return [String]
+     *          a file url which represent the given system path
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public static String getFileURLFromSystemPath( File aSystemPath )
+    {
+        String sFileURL = null;
+        try
+        {
+            sFileURL = aSystemPath.toURL().toString();
+        }
+        catch( MalformedURLException exWrong )
+        {
+            sFileURL = null;
+        }
+
+        // problem of java: file URL's are coded with 1 slash instead of 2 or 3 ones!
+        // => correct this problem first, otherwise office can't use these URL's
+        if(
+            (sFileURL                       != null ) &&
+            (sFileURL.startsWith("file:/")  == true ) &&
+            (sFileURL.startsWith("file://") == false)
+          )
+        {
+            StringBuffer sWorkBuffer = new StringBuffer(sFileURL);
+            sWorkBuffer.insert(6,"//");
+            sFileURL = sWorkBuffer.toString();
+        }
+
+        return sFileURL;
+    }
+}