THE PACKAGE JAVA.IO

java.io.File

22.24

22.24.11

public String getName()

If the path string contains the

separatorChar

 character ( 22.24.2), this method

returns the substring of the path that follows the last occurrence of the separator

character; otherwise, the entire path string is returned.

22.24.12

public String getPath()

The result is a

String

 equal to the path represented by this

File

 object.

22.24.13

public String getAbsolutePath()

The result is a

String

 equal to the result of converting to  absolute form  the path

represented by this

File

 object.

22.24.14

public String getParent()

If the path has a parent directory, a

String

 representing the path of that parent

directory is returned; otherwise,

null

 is returned.

22.24.15

public boolean isAbsolute()

The result is

true

 if and only if the path represented by the File object is in abso 

lute form, indicating a complete name that starts from the root of the directory

hierarchy, rather than a name relative to some implied directory.

22.24.16

public boolean exists() throws SecurityException

First, if there is a security manager, its

checkRead

 method ( 20.17.19) is called

with the path represented by this

File

 object as its argument.

The result is

true

 if and only if the file system actually contains a file that is

specified by the path of the

File

 object.

22.24.17

public boolean canRead() throws SecurityException

First, if there is a security manager, its

checkRead

 method ( 20.17.19) is called

with the path represented by this

File

 object as its argument.

The result is

true

 if and only if both of the following are true:

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