public static String getFileExtension(URL extUrl) { //URL: "http://photosaaaaa.net/photos-ak-snc1/v315/224/13/659629384/s659629384_752969_4472.jpg" // String filename = ""; //PATH: /photos-ak-snc1/v315/224/13/659629384/s659629384_752969_4472.jpg String extension=""; String path = extUrl.getPath(); //Checks for both forward and/or backslash //NOTE:**While backslashes are not supported in URL's //most browsers will autoreplace them with forward slashes //So technically if you're parsing an html page you could run into //a backslash , so i'm accounting for them here; String[] pathContents = path.split("[\\/]"); if(pathContents != null){ int pathContentsLength = pathContents.length; //System.out.println("Path Contents Length: " + pathContentsLength); // for (int i = 0; i < pathContents.length; i++) { // System.out.println("Path " + i + ": " + pathContents[i]); // } //lastPart: s659629384_752969_4472.jpg String lastPart = pathContents[pathContentsLength-1]; String[] lastPartContents = lastPart.split("\."); if(lastPartContents != null && lastPartContents.length > 1){ int lastPartContentLength = lastPartContents.length; // System.out.println("Last Part Length: " + lastPartContentLength); //filenames can contain . , so we assume everything before //the last . is the name, everything after the last . is the //extension String name = ""; for (int i = 0; i < lastPartContentLength; i++) { // System.out.println("Last Part " + i + ": "+ lastPartContents[i]); if(i < (lastPartContents.length -1)){ name += lastPartContents[i] ; if(i < (lastPartContentLength -2)){ name += "."; } } } extension = lastPartContents[lastPartContentLength -1]; // filename = name + "." +extension; // System.out.println("Name: " + name); // System.out.println("Extension: " + extension); // System.out.println("Filename: " + filename); } } return extension; }