Question

Consider the code:

File file = new File("c:\\temp\\java\\testfile");

testfile is a file, and it may or may not exist.
I want to get the directory c:\\temp\\java\\ using the File object. How do I go about doing this?

Answer 1

In either case, I’d expect file.getParent() (or file.getParentFile()) to give you what you want.

Additionally, if you want to find out whether the original File does exist and is a directory, then exists() and isDirectory() are what you’re after.