protected static String normalizePath( String path, String scheme ) {
    String normalizedPath = path;

    if ( path.startsWith( "\\\\" ) ) {
      File file = new File( path );
      normalizedPath = file.toURI().toString();
    } else if ( scheme == null ) {
      File file = new File( path );
      normalizedPath = file.getAbsolutePath();
    }

    return normalizedPath;
  }
@Test
  public void testNormalizePathWithFile() {
    String vfsFilename = "\\\\tmp/acltest.txt";

    String testNormalizePath = KettleVFS.normalizePath( vfsFilename, "someScheme" );
    assertTrue( testNormalizePath.startsWith( "file:/" )  );
  }