Path - is the location of your file in your directory.
Absolute Path - complete path direction which includes the root directory like drive c or drive d.
relative path - need to be combine to another path to be access.
sample:
c:/home/folder1/subfolder/YourDocument.txt
symbolic link - this a file where it is connected to another file that is on a separate path.
Path class - it is a class where you can locate a file in file system. Locate only and not access a file. Take note of the double back slash since a single backslash is used in escape characters like
for newline.
String direction = "C:\\Folder1\\Subfolder\\AnotherSubfolder\\YourFile";
syntax 1:
Path objectName = Paths.get(direction);
syntax 2:
Path objectName = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(direction);
syntax 3:
Path objectName1 = Path.of("YourFile");
Path objecName2 = objectName1.resolve("C:\\Folder1\\SubFolder\\AnotherSubfolder");
syntax 4:
String prop = System.getProperty("C:"); //THIS RETURNS A NULL. DON'T KNOW WHY
String yourDirection = prop + "\\Folder1"\\Subfolder\\AnotherSubfolder\\YourFile";
Path objectName = Paths.get(yourDirection);
syntax 5: (USING TWO DOTS .. TO OMIT PARENT'S NAME)
String yourDirection = "C:\\..YourFile";
Path objectName = Paths.get(yourDirection); //THIS WAS TREATED AS ABSOLUTE
syntax 6:
Path path = Path.of("YourFile");
Path objectName = path.toRealPath();
//THIS RETURNS AN ABSOLUTE PATH. YOU CAN DO path.toAbsolutePath() TOO. IT WORKS THE SAME
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class PracticingPath{
public static void main(String[] args){
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter a file name below:");
String direction = scanner.nextLine();
Path path = Path.of(direction);
Path path2 = path.toAbsolute();
if(path2.isAbsolute()){
System.out.println("Your path: " + path2.getParent());
}else {
System.out.println("Path is not absolute!");
}
scanner.close();
}
}
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Result:
YourFile.txt
Your path: C:\\Folder1\\Subfolder\\AnotherSubfolder\\YourFile
Note: There are other usefult methods in here. You can do some dora exploration in here.
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