Method isHidden

lib/java/io/File.java:843–852

Returns whether or not this file is a hidden file as defined by the operating system. The notion of "hidden" is system-dependent. For Unix systems a file is considered hidden if its name starts with a ".". For Windows systems there is an explicit flag in the file system for this purpose. @return {@

()

     *             access to this file.
     */
    public boolean isHidden() {
        if (path.length() == 0) {
            return false;
        }
//        SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
//        if (security != null) {
//            security.checkRead(path);
//        }
        return isHiddenImpl(properPath(true));
    }

    private native boolean isHiddenImpl(byte[] filePath);