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Oleksii Karnatskyi
Oleksii Karnatskyi

Reputation: 127

mkDir(s) vs Files.createDirectory(ies)

What is the difference between file.mkDir() and Files.createDirectory(path). Is there any cases which suites better for any of them? Or Files.createDirectory(path) is just newer version of file.mkDir() (from newer Java version?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 5003

Answers (1)

htshame
htshame

Reputation: 7330

The difference is described in java docs.

file.mkDir():

  • Creates the directory named by this abstract pathname.
  • @return true if and only if the directory was created; false otherwise

Files.createDirectory(path):

  • Creates a new directory. The check for the existence of the file and the creation of the directory if it does not exist are a single operation that is atomic with respect to all other filesystem activities that might affect the directory. The {@link #createDirectories createDirectories} method should be used where it is required to create all nonexistent parent directories first.

    The {@code attrs} parameter is optional {@link FileAttribute file-attributes} to set atomically when creating the directory. Each attribute is identified by its {@link FileAttribute#name name}. If more than one attribute of the same name is included in the array then all but the last occurrence is ignored.

  • @return the directory

Upvotes: 6

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