Java program to get the attributes of a file

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2022-05-07

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Given a file and we have to find its attributes using java program.

Following packages are using here, to implement this program,

java.nio.file.*
java.nio.file.attribute.*

There are following two important classes, which are using this program to get the file attributes,

BasicFileAttributeView
BasicFileAttributes

The method readAttributes() of BasicFileAttributeView is using to get the file attributes.

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mahmoud2506

2022-05-07

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Program to get file attributes in java

import java.nio.file.*;
import java.nio.file.attribute.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class BasicAttributeOfFile {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // create object of scanner.
    Scanner KB = new Scanner(System.in);

    // enter path here.
    System.out.print("Enter the file path : ");
    String A = KB.next();
    Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(A);

    // function is used to view file attribute.
    BasicFileAttributeView view = Files.getFileAttributeView(path, BasicFileAttributeView.class);
    BasicFileAttributes attributes = view.readAttributes();

    // all the attributes of the file.
    System.out.println("Creation Time: " + attributes.creationTime());
    System.out.println("Last Accessed Time: " + attributes.lastAccessTime());
    System.out.println("Last Modified Time: " + attributes.lastModifiedTime());
    System.out.println("File Key: " + attributes.fileKey());
    System.out.println("Directory: " + attributes.isDirectory());
    System.out.println("Other Type of File: " + attributes.isOther());
    System.out.println("Regular File: " + attributes.isRegularFile());
    System.out.println("Symbolic File: " + attributes.isSymbolicLink());
    System.out.println("Size: " + attributes.size());
  }
}

Output

Enter the file path : E:/JAVA
Creation Time: 2017-10-10T06:03:22.695314Z
Last Accessed Time: 2017-11-04T06:09:35.778029Z
Last Modified Time: 2017-11-04T06:09:35.778029Z
File Key: null
Directory: true
Other Type of File: false
Regular File: false
Symbolic File: false
Size: 4096

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