[OODT-999] Replaced File.toURL() method by File.toURI().toURL().
This replacement is recommended in the JAVADOC of File.toURL() method
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/commons/Configuration.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/commons/Configuration.java
index a6e2fd3..a04c956 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/commons/Configuration.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/commons/Configuration.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 					 return getEmptyConfiguration();
 				 }
 			 }
-			 url = file.toURL();
+			 url = file.toURI().toURL();
 		 }
 
 		 return getConfiguration(url);
diff --git a/curator/services/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/curation/service/MetadataResource.java b/curator/services/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/curation/service/MetadataResource.java
index 92901c2..bfc280e 100644
--- a/curator/services/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/curation/service/MetadataResource.java
+++ b/curator/services/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/curation/service/MetadataResource.java
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
       InstantiationException, RepositoryManagerException {
     String rootPolicyPath = this.cleanse(CurationService.config
         .getPolicyUploadPath());
-    String policyPath = new File(rootPolicyPath + policy).toURL()
+    String policyPath = new File(rootPolicyPath + policy).toURI().toURL()
         .toExternalForm();
     String[] policies = { policyPath };
     XMLRepositoryManager repMgr = new XMLRepositoryManager(Arrays
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
             CurationException {
         String rootPolicyPath = this.cleanse(CurationService.config
                 .getPolicyUploadPath());
-        String policyPath = new File(rootPolicyPath + policy).toURL()
+        String policyPath = new File(rootPolicyPath + policy).toURI().toURL()
                 .toExternalForm();
         String[] policies = {policyPath};
         XMLRepositoryManager repMgr = new XMLRepositoryManager(Arrays
diff --git a/curator/services/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/curation/service/PolicyResource.java b/curator/services/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/curation/service/PolicyResource.java
index c3bd174..6002078 100644
--- a/curator/services/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/curation/service/PolicyResource.java
+++ b/curator/services/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/curation/service/PolicyResource.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
       RepositoryManagerException {
     String rootPolicyPath = this.cleanse(CurationService.config
         .getPolicyUploadPath());
-    String policyPath = new File(rootPolicyPath + policy).toURL()
+    String policyPath = new File(rootPolicyPath + policy).toURI().toURL()
         .toExternalForm();
     String[] policies = { policyPath };
     XMLRepositoryManager repMgr = new XMLRepositoryManager(Arrays
diff --git a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/tools/ExpImpCatalog.java b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/tools/ExpImpCatalog.java
index c2db95f..ba53d32 100644
--- a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/tools/ExpImpCatalog.java
+++ b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/tools/ExpImpCatalog.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         // first load the source prop file
         try {
             System.getProperties().load(
-                    new File(sPropFilePath).toURL().openStream());
+                    new File(sPropFilePath).toURI().toURL().openStream());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new InstantiationException(e.getMessage());
         }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         // first load the dest prop file
         try {
             System.getProperties().load(
-                    new File(dPropFilePath).toURL().openStream());
+                    new File(dPropFilePath).toURI().toURL().openStream());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new InstantiationException(e.getMessage());
         }
diff --git a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/validation/XMLValidationLayer.java b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/validation/XMLValidationLayer.java
index 1c90e49..fe00437 100644
--- a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/validation/XMLValidationLayer.java
+++ b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/validation/XMLValidationLayer.java
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
         InputStream xmlInputStream;
 
         try {
-            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURL().openStream();
+            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURI().toURL().openStream();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
                     "IOException when getting input stream from [" + xmlFile
diff --git a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/BasicVersioner.java b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/BasicVersioner.java
index 437c4d2..8795ce6 100644
--- a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/BasicVersioner.java
+++ b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/BasicVersioner.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             String dataStoreRef;
 
             try {
-                dataStoreRef = new File(new URI(productRepoPath)).toURL()
+                dataStoreRef = new File(new URI(productRepoPath)).toURI().toURL()
                         .toExternalForm();
                 if(!dataStoreRef.endsWith("/")){
                   dataStoreRef+="/";
diff --git a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/DateTimeVersioner.java b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/DateTimeVersioner.java
index e72ab97..48e48aa 100644
--- a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/DateTimeVersioner.java
+++ b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/DateTimeVersioner.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
             try {
               dataStoreRef = new File(new URI(product.getProductType()
-                                                     .getProductRepositoryPath())).toURL()
+                                                     .getProductRepositoryPath())).toURI().toURL()
                                                                                   .toExternalForm()
                              + "/"
                              + product.getProductName()
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 
             try {
                 String dataStoreRef = new File(new URI(product.getProductType()
-                        .getProductRepositoryPath())).toURL().toExternalForm()
+                        .getProductRepositoryPath())).toURI().toURL().toExternalForm()
                         + URLEncoder.encode(product.getProductName(), "UTF-8")
                         + "/";
                 LOG.log(Level.INFO,
diff --git a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/VersioningUtils.java b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/VersioningUtils.java
index 8028bec..72ddeb6 100644
--- a/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/VersioningUtils.java
+++ b/filemgr/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/filemgr/versioning/VersioningUtils.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             if (!dir.equals(dirRoot)) {
                 try {
                     Reference r = new Reference();
-                    r.setOrigReference(dir.toURL().toExternalForm());
+                    r.setOrigReference(dir.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm());
                     r.setFileSize(dir.length());
                     references.add(r);
                 } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                     // add the file references
                     try {
                         Reference r = new Reference();
-                        r.setOrigReference(file.toURL().toExternalForm());
+                        r.setOrigReference(file.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm());
                         r.setFileSize(file.length());
                         references.add(r);
                     } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
             String productRepoPathRef;
 
             try {
-                productRepoPathRef = new File(new URI(productRepoPath)).toURL()
+                productRepoPathRef = new File(new URI(productRepoPath)).toURI().toURL()
                                                                        .toExternalForm();
 
                 if (!productRepoPathRef.endsWith("/")) {
diff --git a/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/metadata/extractors/CopyAndRewriteConfigReader.java b/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/metadata/extractors/CopyAndRewriteConfigReader.java
index 016b59e..d7deb08 100644
--- a/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/metadata/extractors/CopyAndRewriteConfigReader.java
+++ b/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/metadata/extractors/CopyAndRewriteConfigReader.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
             throws MetExtractorConfigReaderException {
         try {
             CopyAndRewriteConfig config = new CopyAndRewriteConfig();
-            config.load(configFile.toURL().openStream());
+            config.load(configFile.toURI().toURL().openStream());
             return config;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new MetExtractorConfigReaderException("Failed to parse '"
diff --git a/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/metadata/extractors/CopyAndRewriteExtractor.java b/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/metadata/extractors/CopyAndRewriteExtractor.java
index b3ba890..3314046 100644
--- a/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/metadata/extractors/CopyAndRewriteExtractor.java
+++ b/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/metadata/extractors/CopyAndRewriteExtractor.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
       try {
           met = new SerializableMetadata(new File(PathUtils
                   .replaceEnvVariables(((CopyAndRewriteConfig) this.config)
-                          .getProperty("orig.met.file.path"))).toURL()
+                          .getProperty("orig.met.file.path"))).toURI().toURL()
                   .openStream());
       } catch (Exception e) {
           LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage());
diff --git a/pcs/input/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/pcs/input/PGEXMLFileUtils.java b/pcs/input/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/pcs/input/PGEXMLFileUtils.java
index 1fb8677..8f3795d 100644
--- a/pcs/input/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/pcs/input/PGEXMLFileUtils.java
+++ b/pcs/input/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/pcs/input/PGEXMLFileUtils.java
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
     InputStream xmlInputStream;
 
     try {
-      xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURL().openStream();
+      xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURI().toURL().openStream();
     } catch (IOException e) {
       LOG.log(Level.WARNING, "IOException when getting input stream from ["
           + xmlFile + "]: returning null document root");
diff --git a/pge/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/pge/PGETask.java b/pge/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/pge/PGETask.java
index d55c532..68a4eda 100644
--- a/pge/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/pge/PGETask.java
+++ b/pge/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/pge/PGETask.java
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@
         }
 
         SerializableMetadata sm = new SerializableMetadata("UTF-8", false);
-        sm.loadMetadataFromXmlStream(new File(metadataFilePath).toURL()
+        sm.loadMetadataFromXmlStream(new File(metadataFilePath).toURI().toURL()
                 .openStream());
         WorkflowTaskConfiguration config = new WorkflowTaskConfiguration();
         config.getProperties().load(
-                new File(configPropertiesPath).toURL().openStream());
+                new File(configPropertiesPath).toURI().toURL().openStream());
 
         PGETask task = new PGETask(sm, config);
         task.run(pgeTaskInstanceClasspath);
diff --git a/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/instrepo/WorkflowInstanceMetadataReader.java b/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/instrepo/WorkflowInstanceMetadataReader.java
index 406846b..4929796 100644
--- a/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/instrepo/WorkflowInstanceMetadataReader.java
+++ b/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/instrepo/WorkflowInstanceMetadataReader.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         InputStream xmlInputStream;
 
         try {
-            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURL().openStream();
+            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURI().toURL().openStream();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
                     "IOException when getting input stream from [" + xmlFile
diff --git a/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/lifecycle/WorkflowLifecyclesReader.java b/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/lifecycle/WorkflowLifecyclesReader.java
index b42b8d8..9748c29 100644
--- a/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/lifecycle/WorkflowLifecyclesReader.java
+++ b/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/lifecycle/WorkflowLifecyclesReader.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         InputStream xmlInputStream;
 
         try {
-            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURL().openStream();
+            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURI().toURL().openStream();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
                     "IOException when getting input stream from [" + xmlFile
diff --git a/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/policy/TaskPolicyReader.java b/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/policy/TaskPolicyReader.java
index 3a0dc41..95b1400 100644
--- a/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/policy/TaskPolicyReader.java
+++ b/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/policy/TaskPolicyReader.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         InputStream xmlInputStream = null;
 
         try {
-            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURL().openStream();
+            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURI().toURL().openStream();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
                     "IOException when getting input stream from [" + xmlFile
diff --git a/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/repository/XMLWorkflowRepository.java b/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/repository/XMLWorkflowRepository.java
index 0b67db2..c946bbe 100644
--- a/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/repository/XMLWorkflowRepository.java
+++ b/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/repository/XMLWorkflowRepository.java
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@
         InputStream xmlInputStream;
 
         try {
-            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURL().openStream();
+            xmlInputStream = new File(xmlFile).toURI().toURL().openStream();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
                     "IOException when getting input stream from [" + xmlFile