diff --git a/snap-core/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/core/dataio/ProductReaderUtils.java b/snap-core/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/core/dataio/ProductReaderUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..186a0dc0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snap-core/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/core/dataio/ProductReaderUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package org.esa.snap.core.dataio;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class ProductReaderUtils {
+
+    public static final Class<?>[] IO_TYPES = new Class[]{
+            Path.class,
+            File.class,
+            String.class
+    };
+    public static final OutputConverter[] IO_CONVERTERS = new OutputConverter[]{
+            output -> (Path) output,
+            output -> ((File) output).toPath(),
+            output -> Paths.get((String) output)
+    };
+
+    public static Path convertToPath(final Object object) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < IO_TYPES.length; i++) {
+            if (IO_TYPES[i].isInstance(object)) {
+                return IO_CONVERTERS[i].convertOutput(object);
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private interface OutputConverter {
+
+        Path convertOutput(Object output);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/snap-core/src/test/java/org/esa/snap/core/dataio/ProductReaderUtilsTest.java b/snap-core/src/test/java/org/esa/snap/core/dataio/ProductReaderUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ab39955ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snap-core/src/test/java/org/esa/snap/core/dataio/ProductReaderUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.esa.snap.core.dataio;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.*;
+
+public class ProductReaderUtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testThatIO_TypesContains_Path_File_and_String_classes() {
+        assertThat(ProductReaderUtils.IO_TYPES, is(new Class[]{Path.class, File.class, String.class}));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testThatInputObjectsAreConvertedToPath_String_to_Path() {
+        Path path = ProductReaderUtils.convertToPath("/some/path/Filename"); // StringCase
+        assertThat(path, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(path.toString(), matchesPattern("[/\\\\]{1}some[\\\\/]{1}path[\\\\/]{1}Filename"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testThatInputObjectsAreConvertedToPath_File_to_Path() {
+        Path path = ProductReaderUtils.convertToPath(new File("/some/other/path/Filename"));
+        assertThat(path, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(path.toString(), matchesPattern("[/\\\\]{1}some[\\\\/]{1}other[\\\\/]{1}path[\\\\/]{1}Filename"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testThatInputObjectsAreConvertedToPath_Path_to_Path() {
+        Path path = ProductReaderUtils.convertToPath(Paths.get("/some/path/Pathname"));
+        assertThat(path, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(path.toString(), matchesPattern("[/\\\\]{1}some[\\\\/]{1}path[\\\\/]{1}Pathname"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testThatInvalidObjectsToBeConverted_ReturnNull() {
+        Path path = ProductReaderUtils.convertToPath(new Color(2, 3, 4));
+        assertThat(path, is(nullValue()));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapConstantsAndUtils.java b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapConstantsAndUtils.java
index b7c960a7f4..d26d0aa99f 100644
--- a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapConstantsAndUtils.java
+++ b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapConstantsAndUtils.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import org.esa.snap.core.datamodel.ProductData;
 import org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.preferences.ZnapPreferencesConstants;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringReader;
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -132,27 +130,6 @@ final class ZnapConstantsAndUtils {
     public static final String NAME_MASKS = "Masks";
     public static final String NAME_FILTER_BANDS = "FilterBands";
 
-    static final Class<?>[] IO_TYPES = new Class[]{
-            Path.class,
-            File.class,
-            String.class
-    };
-
-    private static final OutputConverter[] IO_CONVERTERS = new OutputConverter[]{
-            output -> (Path) output,
-            output -> ((File) output).toPath(),
-            output -> Paths.get((String) output)
-    };
-
-    static Path convertToPath(final Object object) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < IO_TYPES.length; i++) {
-            if (IO_TYPES[i].isInstance(object)) {
-                return IO_CONVERTERS[i].convertOutput(object);
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     static boolean isExistingEmptyDirectory(Path path) {
         try {
             return Files.isDirectory(path) && Files.list(path).count() == 0;
@@ -162,11 +139,6 @@ static boolean isExistingEmptyDirectory(Path path) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    private interface OutputConverter {
-
-        Path convertOutput(Object output);
-    }
-
     static SnapDataType getSnapDataType(DataType zarrDataType) {
         if (zarrDataType == DataType.f8) {
             return SnapDataType.TYPE_FLOAT64;
diff --git a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductReader.java b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductReader.java
index 0f168321f6..a9175858ee 100644
--- a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductReader.java
+++ b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductReader.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.VIRTUAL_BAND_EXPRESSION;
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.WAVELENGTH;
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.cast;
-import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.convertToPath;
+import static org.esa.snap.core.dataio.ProductReaderUtils.convertToPath;
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.getSnapDataType;
 import static ucar.nc2.constants.ACDD.TIME_END;
 import static ucar.nc2.constants.ACDD.TIME_START;
diff --git a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductReaderPlugIn.java b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductReaderPlugIn.java
index 59d8683f8e..96a1448455 100644
--- a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductReaderPlugIn.java
+++ b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductReaderPlugIn.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.esa.snap.core.dataio.ProductReader;
 import org.esa.snap.core.dataio.ProductReaderPlugIn;
 import org.esa.snap.core.util.io.SnapFileFilter;
+import org.esa.snap.core.dataio.ProductReaderUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public class ZnapProductReaderPlugIn implements ProductReaderPlugIn {
 
     @Override
     public DecodeQualification getDecodeQualification(Object input) {
-        final Path inputPath = convertToPath(input);
+        final Path inputPath = ProductReaderUtils.convertToPath(input);
         if (inputPath == null) {
             return DecodeQualification.UNABLE;
         }
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public DecodeQualification getDecodeQualification(Object input) {
 
     @Override
     public Class<?>[] getInputTypes() {
-        return IO_TYPES;
+        return ProductReaderUtils.IO_TYPES;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductWriter.java b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductWriter.java
index 3f1fc0c2c2..891847c67b 100644
--- a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductWriter.java
+++ b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductWriter.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.WAVELENGTH_UNIT;
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.ZNAP_CONTAINER_EXTENSION;
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.ZNAP_ZIP_CONTAINER_EXTENSION;
-import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.convertToPath;
+import static org.esa.snap.core.dataio.ProductReaderUtils.convertToPath;
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.getSnapDataType;
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.ZnapConstantsAndUtils.writeProductMetadata;
 import static org.esa.snap.dataio.znap.preferences.ZnapPreferencesConstants.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_LEVEL;
diff --git a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductWriterPlugIn.java b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductWriterPlugIn.java
index 05e54c15bb..7c8365b115 100644
--- a/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductWriterPlugIn.java
+++ b/snap-znap/src/main/java/org/esa/snap/dataio/znap/ZnapProductWriterPlugIn.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.esa.snap.core.dataio.ProductWriterPlugIn;
 import org.esa.snap.core.datamodel.Product;
 import org.esa.snap.core.util.io.SnapFileFilter;
+import org.esa.snap.core.dataio.ProductReaderUtils;
 import org.esa.snap.runtime.Config;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public EncodeQualification getEncodeQualification(Product product) {
     }
 
     public Class<?>[] getOutputTypes() {
-        return IO_TYPES;
+        return ProductReaderUtils.IO_TYPES;
     }
 
     public ProductWriter createWriterInstance() {