Created File Has No Parent?

Question

In a java program, I create a file with

File temp = new File("temp");
temp.createNewFile();

Then for some reason when I write

File pDir = temp.getParentFile();

and pDir is null. I actually want to write

File pDir = temp.getParentFile().getParentFile();

but that throws a null pointer exception.

Answer 1

You need a file with a path for that, try getAbsoluteFile.

File pDir = temp.getAbsoluteFile().getParentFile();