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
java.net.URL
String
http://www.example.com/some/path/to/a/file.xml
andy's answer redone using split():
Url u= ...; String[] pathparts= u.getPath().split("\\/"); String filename= pathparts[pathparts.length-1].split("\\.", 1)[0];