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FileEntry provides the state of a file or directory. File attributes at a point in time.
Class Declaration
Following is the declaration for org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileEntry Class −
public class FileEntry extends Object implements Serializable
Features of FileEntry
FileEntry class object provides the following file attributes at a point in time.
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getName() − file name.
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exists() − checks if file exists or not.
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isDirectory() − checks if file is a directory.
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lastModified() − gives last modified date time.
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listFiles() − gives content of directory.
Example of FileEntry Class
Here is the input file we need to parse −
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IOTester.java
import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils; import org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileEntry; public class IOTester { public static void main(String[] args) { try { usingFileEntry(); } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); } } public static void usingFileEntry() throws IOException { //get the file object File file = FileUtils.getFile("input.txt"); FileEntry fileEntry = new FileEntry(file); System.out.println("Monitored File: " + fileEntry.getFile()); System.out.println("File name: " + fileEntry.getName()); System.out.println("Is Directory: " + fileEntry.isDirectory()); } }
Output
It will print the following result.
Monitored File: input.txt File name: input.txt Is Directory: false
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