| Package | Description |
|---|---|
| java.io |
Provides for system input and output through data streams,
serialization and the file system.
|
| java.nio.channels |
Defines channels, which represent connections to entities that are capable of
performing I/O operations, such as files and sockets; defines selectors, for
multiplexed, non-blocking I/O operations.
|
| java.nio.file |
Defines interfaces and classes for the Java virtual machine to access files,
file attributes, and file systems.
|
| java.nio.file.spi |
Service-provider classes for the
java.nio.file package. |
| java.util |
Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model,
date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility
classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array).
|
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| Path |
An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system.
|
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| OpenOption |
An object that configures how to open or create a file.
|
| Path |
An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system.
|
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| AccessMode |
Defines access modes used to test the accessibility of a file.
|
| CopyOption |
An object that configures how to copy or move a file.
|
| DirectoryStream |
An object to iterate over the entries in a directory.
|
| DirectoryStream.Filter |
An interface that is implemented by objects that decide if a directory
entry should be accepted or filtered.
|
| FileStore |
Storage for files.
|
| FileSystem |
Provides an interface to a file system and is the factory for objects to
access files and other objects in the file system.
|
| FileSystemException |
Thrown when a file system operation fails on one or two files.
|
| FileVisitOption |
Defines the file tree traversal options.
|
| FileVisitor |
A visitor of files.
|
| FileVisitResult |
The result type of a
FileVisitor. |
| LinkOption |
Defines the options as to how symbolic links are handled.
|
| OpenOption |
An object that configures how to open or create a file.
|
| Path |
An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system.
|
| PathMatcher |
An interface that is implemented by objects that perform match operations on
paths.
|
| SecureDirectoryStream |
A
DirectoryStream that defines operations on files that are located
relative to an open directory. |
| StandardCopyOption |
Defines the standard copy options.
|
| StandardOpenOption |
Defines the standard open options.
|
| Watchable |
An object that may be registered with a watch service so that it can be
watched for changes and events.
|
| WatchEvent |
An event or a repeated event for an object that is registered with a
WatchService. |
| WatchEvent.Kind |
An event kind, for the purposes of identification.
|
| WatchEvent.Modifier |
An event modifier that qualifies how a
Watchable is registered
with a WatchService. |
| WatchKey |
A token representing the registration of a
watchable object
with a WatchService. |
| WatchService |
A watch service that watches registered objects for changes and
events.
|
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| AccessMode |
Defines access modes used to test the accessibility of a file.
|
| CopyOption |
An object that configures how to copy or move a file.
|
| DirectoryStream |
An object to iterate over the entries in a directory.
|
| DirectoryStream.Filter |
An interface that is implemented by objects that decide if a directory
entry should be accepted or filtered.
|
| FileStore |
Storage for files.
|
| FileSystem |
Provides an interface to a file system and is the factory for objects to
access files and other objects in the file system.
|
| LinkOption |
Defines the options as to how symbolic links are handled.
|
| OpenOption |
An object that configures how to open or create a file.
|
| Path |
An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system.
|
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| Path |
An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system.
|
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