+ String resolvedPath = "";
+
+ /*
+ * get URL path and strip off any trailing file e.g.
+ * www.jalview.org/examples/index.html#applets?a=b is trimmed to
+ * www.jalview.org/examples/
+ */
+ String urlPath = localref.toString();
+ String directoryPath = urlPath;
+ int lastSeparator = directoryPath.lastIndexOf("/");
+ if (lastSeparator > 0)