code: public static File getFileFromNativePath(String fileNameWithNoPath)
      {
          //get system path
          String systemPath=System.getProperty("java.library.path");
          String pathSeperator=System.getProperty("path.separator");
          String[] systemPathElements=systemPath.split(pathSeperator);
          
          //get file
          File file=IOHelper.getFileFromPathList(fileNameWithNoPath,systemPathElements);
          
          return file;
      }
docs: This function returns the file object of the first location in
  which the requested file is found.
  The path list used, is the current native path of the process.
  
  @param   fileNameWithNoPath
  The file name (with no directory path)
  @return  The file object if found, else null will be returned