package net.sf.jabref.export.layout.format;
import java.io.File;
import net.sf.jabref.Globals;
import net.sf.jabref.Util;
import net.sf.jabref.export.layout.LayoutFormatter;
/**
* Will expand the relative PDF path and return a URI for the given file (which
* must exist).
*
* @author $Author: mortenalver $
* @version $Revision: 3047 $ ($Date: 2009-08-21 18:32:56 +0200 (Fri, 21 Aug 2009) $)
*/
public class ResolvePDF implements LayoutFormatter {
public String format(String field) {
// Search in the standard PDF directory:
/* Oops, this part is not sufficient. We need access to the
database's metadata in order to check if the database overrides
the standard file directory */
String dir = Globals.prefs.get("pdfDirectory");
File f = Util.expandFilename(field, new String[] { dir, "." });
/*
* Stumbled over this while investigating
*
* https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1469903&group_id=92314&atid=600306
*/
if (f != null) {
return f.toURI().toString();
} else {
return field;
}
}
}