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Java Forum / First Aid / November 2006How to get file name from URL object
Hi, I am trying to save web pages to file but sometimes the URL doesn't have the file name with it as www.google.com doesn't for example. In this case I don't know how to get the file name of the web page since it is not specified. If there is way to use the URL class or other classes to get the URL to look like so http://www.google.com/index.html then my problem would be solved. Is there anyone here who can help me, Thanks, Carl > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > classes to get the URL to look like so http://www.google.com/index.html > then my problem would be solved. Not in general. If the server chooses to regard "/" as an adequate resource name -- and most do --, there is nothing the client can do about it.  SignatureJohn W. Kennedy "The blind rulers of Logres Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue." -- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude" >> Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> classes to get the URL to look like so http://www.google.com/index.html >> then my problem would be solved. Just in case you didn't know, sometimes the contents of webpages come from multiple files, and sometimes the contents of webpages don't come from a file at all. > Not in general. If the server chooses to regard "/" as an adequate > resource name -- and most do --, there is nothing the client can do about > it. Possible alternative designs include using heuristics (like what FireFox does when you try to save a webpage), or somehow establishing a 1-to-1 correspondance between URLs and legal filenames, perhaps via some sort of encoding process. For example, you might use base64 encoding so that the URL "http://www.google.com/" is encoded to the filename "aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nb29nbGUuY29tLw==.html". - Oliver Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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