Java - Access is denied java.io.FileNotFoundException [duplicate]

Question

I have the following code:

List<FileItem> items = uploadHandler.parseRequest(request); for (FileItem item : items) {     if (!item.isFormField()) {         File file = new File("D:/Data");     } } 

When I am trying to save a file, I am getting the following error

java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\Data (Access is denied.) 

What could be the reason and how can I resolve this? I do have read and write permission on this folder.

Answer 1

When you create a new File, you are supposed to provide the file name, not only the directory you want to put your file in.

Try with something like

File file = new File("D:/Data/" + item.getFileName()); 

Answer 2

Not exactly the case of this question but can be helpful. I got this exception when i call mkdirs() on new file instead of its parent

File file = new java.io.File(path); //file.mkdirs(); // wrong!  file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); // correct! if (!file.exists()) {     file.createNewFile(); }