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Is there a way in Java to determine if a path is valid without attempting to create a file?

I’m trying to let the user enter the path where he wants something to be saved.
so basically i open an editor, and let him enter the path…

but how can i check if the entered string is a valid path?

if the user forgets to type in a “/” at the end – its not a problem, i can manually check for that…

but i cant manually check for everything:

a space at the end (/folder /)

question marks.

greater than – less than symbols (/folder:->/

(back)slashes \folder\

and all that stuff

is there a convenient way in java to check for that?

Answer 1

Generic Java file is a directory or exists, from this answer:

File file = new File("c:\\cygwin\\cygwin.bat");
if (!file.isDirectory())
   file = file.getParentFile();
if (file.exists()) {
    ...
}

However, Android (question tagged as android), I’ll have to look into…