c_9_5_comparing_legacy_methods

🧠 9.5 Comparing Legacy File and NIO.2 Methods

• Here is a table of the legacy File methods and their NIO.2 API equivalent counterpart:

Legacy Methods	NIO.2 Method
file.exists()	Files.exists(path)
file.getName()	Files.getFileName(path)
file.getAbsolutePath()	path.toAbsolutePath()
file.isDirectory()	Files.isDirectory(path)
file.isFile()	Files.isRegularFile(path)
file.isHidden()	Files.isHidden(path)
file.length()	Files.size(path)
file.lastModified()	Files.getLastModifiedTime(path)
file.setLastModified(time)	Files.setLastModifiedTime(path, fileTime)
file.delete()	Files.delete(path)
file.renameTo(otherFile)	Files.move(sourcePath, targetPath)
file.mkdir()	Files.createDirectory(path)
file.mkdirs()	Files.createDirectories(path)
file.listFiles()	Files.list(path)