Class PathInfo

files/PathInfo.java:10–45

import java.io.IOException;

public class PathInfo {
  static void show(String id, Object p) {
    System.out.println(id + ": " + p);
  }
  static void info(Path p) {
    show("toString", p);
    show("Exists", Files.exists(p));
    show("RegularFile", Files.isRegularFile(p));
    show("Directory", Files.isDirectory(p));
    show("Absolute", p.isAbsolute());
    show("FileName", p.getFileName());
    show("Parent", p.getParent());
    show("Root", p.getRoot());
    System.out.println("******************");
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.name"));
    info(Paths.get(
      "C:", "path", "to", "nowhere", "NoFile.txt"));
    Path p = Paths.get("PathInfo.java");
    info(p);
    Path ap = p.toAbsolutePath();
    info(ap);
    info(ap.getParent());
    try {
      info(p.toRealPath());
    } catch(IOException e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
    URI u = p.toUri();
    System.out.println("URI: " + u);
    Path puri = Paths.get(u);
    System.out.println(Files.exists(puri));
    File f = ap.toFile(); // Don't be fooled
  }
}
/* Output:
Windows 8.1
toString: C:\path\to\nowhere\NoFile.txt