/*
Determine if file or directory exists
This Java example shows how to determine if a particular file or directory
exists in the filesystem using exists method of Java File class.
*/
import java.io.*;
public class DetermineIfFileExists {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create file object
File file = new File("C://FileIO/ExistsDemo.txt");
/*
* To determine whether specified file or directory exists, use
* boolean exists() method of Java File class.
*
* This method returns true if a particular file or directory exists
* at specified path in the filesystem, false otherwise.
*/
boolean blnExists = file.exists();
System.out.println("Does file " + file.getPath() + " exist ?: " + blnExists);
}
}
/*
Output would be
Does file C:\FileIO\ExistsDemo.txt exist ?: true
*/
