Current code in FileProtocolArchiveBrowserFactory has problems when the URL coming from above contains escaped characters. E.g.: In an app. I'm writing, the class receives an URL coming from a ClassLoader.getResources method: resources in directories containing square brackets arrive to the class in escaped URLs such as the following:

file:/C:/Stratosfera/pos_back/%5BCARCON%5Dstratosfera-verifica-cartoline-concorso/war/WEB-INF/classes/

this form fails in the current implementation because of line 40:

File f = new File(url.getPath());

this results in a non existing file. Replacing the line with the following solves the problem:

       File f;
       try {
           f = new File(url.toURI());
       }
       catch ( URISyntaxException e ) {
           throw new RuntimeException( e );
       }

this problems creates various compatibility problems in depending libraries (hibernate entitymanager for one).