How to get file last modified date in Java
In Java, we can use Files.readAttributes() to get the file metadata or attribute, and then lastModifiedTime() to display the last modified date of a file. For legacy IO, we can…
How to format FileTime in Java
In Java, we can use DateTimeFormatter to convert the FileTime to other custom date formats.
Java – Update last modified date of a file
In Java, we can use the NIO Files.setLastModifiedTime(path, FileTime) to update the last modified date or time of a file. For legacy IO java.io.File, we can use File.setLastModified() to update…
Java Files.find examples
The Files.find API is available since Java 8. It searches or finds files from a file tree quickly. Examples: Find files by filename, Find files by file size, Find files…
Java – Get the name or path of a running JAR file
In Java, we can use the static or non-static ways to get the path of a running JAR file. We should use toURI() to avoid encoding the special characters in…
Java Files.walk examples
The Files.walk API is available since Java 8; it helps to walk a file tree at a given starting path. Examples: list all files, list all folders or directories, find…
How to read a file in Java
This article focus on a few of the commonly used methods to read a file in Java. 1 - Files.lines, return a Stream (Java 8), 2 - Files.readString, returns a…
Java – Read a file from resources folder
In Java, we can use getResourceAsStream or getResource to read a file or multiple files from a resources folder or root of the classpath. The getResourceAsStream method returns an InputStream.…
How to create a file in Java
In Java, there are many ways to create and write to a file: using Files.newBufferedWriter (Java 8), using Files.write (Java 7), using PrintWriter, using File.createNewFile
How to read file in Java – BufferedReader
In this article, we will show you how to use java.io.BufferedReader to read content from a file: using Files.newBufferedReader (Java 8), using classic BufferedReader with JDK 1.7 try-with-resources to auto…