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Check if a path represents a file or a folder

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Is a directory a Java file?

The isDirectory() function is a part of File class in Java . This function determines whether the is a file or directory denoted by the abstract filename is Directory or not. The function returns true if the abstract file path is Directory else returns false.


Assuming path is your String.

File file = new File(path);

boolean exists =      file.exists();      // Check if the file exists
boolean isDirectory = file.isDirectory(); // Check if it's a directory
boolean isFile =      file.isFile();      // Check if it's a regular file

See File Javadoc


Or you can use the NIO class Files and check things like this:

Path file = new File(path).toPath();

boolean exists =      Files.exists(file);        // Check if the file exists
boolean isDirectory = Files.isDirectory(file);   // Check if it's a directory
boolean isFile =      Files.isRegularFile(file); // Check if it's a regular file

Clean solution while staying with the nio API:

Files.isDirectory(path)
Files.isRegularFile(path)

Please stick to the nio API to perform these checks

import java.nio.file.*;

static Boolean isDir(Path path) {
  if (path == null || !Files.exists(path)) return false;
  else return Files.isDirectory(path);
}

There is no way for the system to tell you if a String represent a file or directory, if it does not exist in the file system. For example:

Path path = Paths.get("/some/path/to/dir");
System.out.println(Files.isDirectory(path)); // return false
System.out.println(Files.isRegularFile(path)); // return false

And for the following example:

Path path = Paths.get("/some/path/to/dir/file.txt");
System.out.println(Files.isDirectory(path));  //return false
System.out.println(Files.isRegularFile(path));  // return false

So we see that in both case system return false. This is true for both java.io.File and java.nio.file.Path


String path = "Your_Path";
File f = new File(path);

if (f.isDirectory()){



  }else if(f.isFile()){



  }