Get file name from URL

Question

In Java, given a java.net.URL or a String in the form of http://www.example.com/some/path/to/a/file.xml , what is the easiest way to g

Answer 1

String fileName = url.substring( url.lastIndexOf('/')+1, url.length() );

String fileNameWithoutExtn = fileName.substring(0, fileName.lastIndexOf('.'));