Determine File or Directory

/*
  Determine if it's a File or Directory
  This Java example shows how to determine if a particular file object denotes a
  file or directory of filesystem using isFile and isDirectory 
  methods of Java File class.
*/
 
import java.io.*;
 
public class DetermineDirOrFile {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
 
    //create file object
    File file = new File("C://FileIO");
 
    /*
     * To check whether File object denotes a file or not, use
     * boolean isFile() method of Java File class.
     *
     * This method returns true if the file EXISTS and its a normal file.
     */
 
     boolean isFile = file.isFile();
     if(isFile)
       System.out.println(file.getPath() + " is a file.");
     else
      System.out.println(file.getPath() + " is not a file.");
 
    /*
     * To check whether File object denotes a directory or not, use
     * boolean isDirectory() method of Java File class.
     *
     * This method returns true if the directory EXISTS and its a directory.
     */
 
     boolean isDirectory = file.isDirectory();
     if(isDirectory)
      System.out.println(file.getPath() + " is a directory.");
     else
      System.out.println(file.getPath() + " is not a directory.");
 
  }
}
 
/*
Output would be
C:\FileIO is not a file.
C:\FileIO is a directory.
*/