MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: c... How to handle it ?

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I want to read a file which located in my document directory

but the compiler throws an exception. says that there is a problem in the path of the file I specified

this is a segment of my code

String path = filePath;
                    DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
 DocumentBuilder builder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
    System.out.println(path);
          document =  builder.parse(path);

and this is the exception thrown:
MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: c

I knew it says there is problem in the path format. but I print it and it looks RIGHT
this is the path of the file I want to read
C:\Documents and Settings\AlOne\My Documents\SRS projects\HR.xml

plz Help Im tired from searching ;O

Posted 2-May-11 14:37pm

Hackaholic

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Peter_in_2780 · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-02T16:31:00

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The first (of about 189000) link here[^] says

Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred. Either no legal protocol could be found in a specification string or the string could not be parsed.

Your message then says "unknown protocol". Did you put "file:///" in front of the file name?
I suggest you read up on the format of URLs.

If you're tired of searching, might I suggest that you are looking in the wrong places.

Peter

Posted 2-May-11 16:31pm

Peter_in_2780

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Hackaholic 3-May-11 7:58am

I posted my question here so those who have experience answer me!
I googled it b4 I ask but I didnt find the sufficient answer.

thnx anyway Bro xD

Hackaholic 3-May-11 9:04am

I found the solution
simply replace the path string with
document = builder.parse(new File(path).toURI().toString());

Cheers!