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   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (c) 2007, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   4  *
   5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
   8  * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
   9  * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
  10  *
  11  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  12  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  13  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
  14  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
  15  * accompanied this code).
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  17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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  25 
  26 package java.nio.file;
  27 
  28 import java.io.File;
  29 import java.io.IOException;
  30 import java.net.URI;

  31 import java.util.Iterator;
  32 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
  33 
  34 /**
  35  * An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system. It will
  36  * typically represent a system dependent file path.
  37  *
  38  * <p> A {@code Path} represents a path that is hierarchical and composed of a
  39  * sequence of directory and file name elements separated by a special separator
  40  * or delimiter. A <em>root component</em>, that identifies a file system
  41  * hierarchy, may also be present. The name element that is <em>farthest</em>
  42  * from the root of the directory hierarchy is the name of a file or directory.
  43  * The other name elements are directory names. A {@code Path} can represent a
  44  * root, a root and a sequence of names, or simply one or more name elements.
  45  * A {@code Path} is considered to be an <i>empty path</i> if it consists
  46  * solely of one name element that is empty. Accessing a file using an
  47  * <i>empty path</i> is equivalent to accessing the default directory of the
  48  * file system. {@code Path} defines the {@link #getFileName() getFileName},
  49  * {@link #getParent getParent}, {@link #getRoot getRoot}, and {@link #subpath
  50  * subpath} methods to access the path components or a subsequence of its name


  76  *     BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
  77  * </pre>
  78  *
  79  * <a id="interop"></a><h2>Interoperability</h2>
  80  * <p> Paths associated with the default {@link
  81  * java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider provider} are generally interoperable
  82  * with the {@link java.io.File java.io.File} class. Paths created by other
  83  * providers are unlikely to be interoperable with the abstract path names
  84  * represented by {@code java.io.File}. The {@link java.io.File#toPath toPath}
  85  * method may be used to obtain a {@code Path} from the abstract path name
  86  * represented by a {@code java.io.File} object. The resulting {@code Path} can
  87  * be used to operate on the same file as the {@code java.io.File} object. In
  88  * addition, the {@link #toFile toFile} method is useful to construct a {@code
  89  * File} from the {@code String} representation of a {@code Path}.
  90  *
  91  * <h2>Concurrency</h2>
  92  * <p> Implementations of this interface are immutable and safe for use by
  93  * multiple concurrent threads.
  94  *
  95  * @since 1.7
  96  * @see Paths
  97  */
  98 
  99 public interface Path
 100     extends Comparable<Path>, Iterable<Path>, Watchable
 101 {
 102     /**













































































































 103      * Returns the file system that created this object.
 104      *
 105      * @return  the file system that created this object
 106      */
 107     FileSystem getFileSystem();
 108 
 109     /**
 110      * Tells whether or not this path is absolute.
 111      *
 112      * <p> An absolute path is complete in that it doesn't need to be combined
 113      * with other path information in order to locate a file.
 114      *
 115      * @return  {@code true} if, and only if, this path is absolute
 116      */
 117     boolean isAbsolute();
 118 
 119     /**
 120      * Returns the root component of this path as a {@code Path} object,
 121      * or {@code null} if this path does not have a root component.
 122      *


 510      * <p> This method constructs an absolute {@link URI} with a {@link
 511      * URI#getScheme() scheme} equal to the URI scheme that identifies the
 512      * provider. The exact form of the scheme specific part is highly provider
 513      * dependent.
 514      *
 515      * <p> In the case of the default provider, the URI is hierarchical with
 516      * a {@link URI#getPath() path} component that is absolute. The query and
 517      * fragment components are undefined. Whether the authority component is
 518      * defined or not is implementation dependent. There is no guarantee that
 519      * the {@code URI} may be used to construct a {@link java.io.File java.io.File}.
 520      * In particular, if this path represents a Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
 521      * path, then the UNC server name may be encoded in the authority component
 522      * of the resulting URI. In the case of the default provider, and the file
 523      * exists, and it can be determined that the file is a directory, then the
 524      * resulting {@code URI} will end with a slash.
 525      *
 526      * <p> The default provider provides a similar <em>round-trip</em> guarantee
 527      * to the {@link java.io.File} class. For a given {@code Path} <i>p</i> it
 528      * is guaranteed that
 529      * <blockquote>
 530      * {@link Paths#get(URI) Paths.get}{@code (}<i>p</i>{@code .toUri()).equals(}<i>p</i>
 531      * {@code .}{@link #toAbsolutePath() toAbsolutePath}{@code ())}
 532      * </blockquote>
 533      * so long as the original {@code Path}, the {@code URI}, and the new {@code
 534      * Path} are all created in (possibly different invocations of) the same
 535      * Java virtual machine. Whether other providers make any guarantees is
 536      * provider specific and therefore unspecified.
 537      *
 538      * <p> When a file system is constructed to access the contents of a file
 539      * as a file system then it is highly implementation specific if the returned
 540      * URI represents the given path in the file system or it represents a
 541      * <em>compound</em> URI that encodes the URI of the enclosing file system.
 542      * A format for compound URIs is not defined in this release; such a scheme
 543      * may be added in a future release.
 544      *
 545      * @return  the URI representing this path
 546      *
 547      * @throws  java.io.IOError
 548      *          if an I/O error occurs obtaining the absolute path, or where a
 549      *          file system is constructed to access the contents of a file as
 550      *          a file system, and the URI of the enclosing file system cannot be


   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (c) 2007, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   4  *
   5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
   8  * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
   9  * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
  10  *
  11  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  12  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  13  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
  14  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
  15  * accompanied this code).
  16  *
  17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  20  *
  21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  23  * questions.
  24  */
  25 
  26 package java.nio.file;
  27 
  28 import java.io.File;
  29 import java.io.IOException;
  30 import java.net.URI;
  31 import java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider;
  32 import java.util.Iterator;
  33 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
  34 
  35 /**
  36  * An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system. It will
  37  * typically represent a system dependent file path.
  38  *
  39  * <p> A {@code Path} represents a path that is hierarchical and composed of a
  40  * sequence of directory and file name elements separated by a special separator
  41  * or delimiter. A <em>root component</em>, that identifies a file system
  42  * hierarchy, may also be present. The name element that is <em>farthest</em>
  43  * from the root of the directory hierarchy is the name of a file or directory.
  44  * The other name elements are directory names. A {@code Path} can represent a
  45  * root, a root and a sequence of names, or simply one or more name elements.
  46  * A {@code Path} is considered to be an <i>empty path</i> if it consists
  47  * solely of one name element that is empty. Accessing a file using an
  48  * <i>empty path</i> is equivalent to accessing the default directory of the
  49  * file system. {@code Path} defines the {@link #getFileName() getFileName},
  50  * {@link #getParent getParent}, {@link #getRoot getRoot}, and {@link #subpath
  51  * subpath} methods to access the path components or a subsequence of its name


  77  *     BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
  78  * </pre>
  79  *
  80  * <a id="interop"></a><h2>Interoperability</h2>
  81  * <p> Paths associated with the default {@link
  82  * java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider provider} are generally interoperable
  83  * with the {@link java.io.File java.io.File} class. Paths created by other
  84  * providers are unlikely to be interoperable with the abstract path names
  85  * represented by {@code java.io.File}. The {@link java.io.File#toPath toPath}
  86  * method may be used to obtain a {@code Path} from the abstract path name
  87  * represented by a {@code java.io.File} object. The resulting {@code Path} can
  88  * be used to operate on the same file as the {@code java.io.File} object. In
  89  * addition, the {@link #toFile toFile} method is useful to construct a {@code
  90  * File} from the {@code String} representation of a {@code Path}.
  91  *
  92  * <h2>Concurrency</h2>
  93  * <p> Implementations of this interface are immutable and safe for use by
  94  * multiple concurrent threads.
  95  *
  96  * @since 1.7

  97  */
  98 
  99 public interface Path
 100     extends Comparable<Path>, Iterable<Path>, Watchable
 101 {
 102     /**
 103      * Converts a path string, or a sequence of strings that when joined form
 104      * a path string, to a {@code Path}. If {@code more} does not specify any
 105      * elements then the value of the {@code first} parameter is the path string
 106      * to convert. If {@code more} specifies one or more elements then each
 107      * non-empty string, including {@code first}, is considered to be a sequence
 108      * of name elements and is joined to form a path string.
 109      * The details as to how the Strings are joined is provider specific but
 110      * typically they will be joined using the {@link FileSystem#getSeparator
 111      * name-separator} as the separator. For example, if the name separator is
 112      * "{@code /}" and {@code getPath("/foo","bar","gus")} is invoked, then the
 113      * path string {@code "/foo/bar/gus"} is converted to a {@code Path}.
 114      * A {@code Path} representing an empty path is returned if {@code first}
 115      * is the empty string and {@code more} does not contain any non-empty
 116      * strings.
 117      *
 118      * <p> The {@code Path} is obtained by invoking the {@link FileSystem#getPath
 119      * getPath} method of the {@link FileSystems#getDefault default} {@link
 120      * FileSystem}.
 121      *
 122      * <p> Note that while this method is very convenient, using it will imply
 123      * an assumed reference to the default {@code FileSystem} and limit the
 124      * utility of the calling code. Hence it should not be used in library code
 125      * intended for flexible reuse. A more flexible alternative is to use an
 126      * existing {@code Path} instance as an anchor, such as:
 127      * <pre>
 128      *     Path dir = ...
 129      *     Path path = dir.resolve("file");
 130      * </pre>
 131      *
 132      * @param   first
 133      *          the path string or initial part of the path string
 134      * @param   more
 135      *          additional strings to be joined to form the path string
 136      *
 137      * @return  the resulting {@code Path}
 138      *
 139      * @throws  InvalidPathException
 140      *          if the path string cannot be converted to a {@code Path}
 141      *
 142      * @see FileSystem#getPath
 143      */
 144     public static Path get(String first, String... more) {
 145         return FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(first, more);
 146     }
 147 
 148     /**
 149      * Converts the given URI to a {@link Path} object.
 150      *
 151      * <p> This method iterates over the {@link FileSystemProvider#installedProviders()
 152      * installed} providers to locate the provider that is identified by the
 153      * URI {@link URI#getScheme scheme} of the given URI. URI schemes are
 154      * compared without regard to case. If the provider is found then its {@link
 155      * FileSystemProvider#getPath getPath} method is invoked to convert the
 156      * URI.
 157      *
 158      * <p> In the case of the default provider, identified by the URI scheme
 159      * "file", the given URI has a non-empty path component, and undefined query
 160      * and fragment components. Whether the authority component may be present
 161      * is platform specific. The returned {@code Path} is associated with the
 162      * {@link FileSystems#getDefault default} file system.
 163      *
 164      * <p> The default provider provides a similar <em>round-trip</em> guarantee
 165      * to the {@link java.io.File} class. For a given {@code Path} <i>p</i> it
 166      * is guaranteed that
 167      * <blockquote>{@code
 168      * Path.get(}<i>p</i>{@code .}{@link Path#toUri() toUri}{@code ()).equals(}
 169      * <i>p</i>{@code .}{@link Path#toAbsolutePath() toAbsolutePath}{@code ())}
 170      * </blockquote>
 171      * so long as the original {@code Path}, the {@code URI}, and the new {@code
 172      * Path} are all created in (possibly different invocations of) the same
 173      * Java virtual machine. Whether other providers make any guarantees is
 174      * provider specific and therefore unspecified.
 175      *
 176      * @param   uri
 177      *          the URI to convert
 178      *
 179      * @return  the resulting {@code Path}
 180      *
 181      * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
 182      *          if preconditions on the {@code uri} parameter do not hold. The
 183      *          format of the URI is provider specific.
 184      * @throws  FileSystemNotFoundException
 185      *          The file system, identified by the URI, does not exist and
 186      *          cannot be created automatically, or the provider identified by
 187      *          the URI's scheme component is not installed
 188      * @throws  SecurityException
 189      *          if a security manager is installed and it denies an unspecified
 190      *          permission to access the file system
 191      */
 192     public static Path get(URI uri) {
 193         String scheme =  uri.getScheme();
 194         if (scheme == null)
 195             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing scheme");
 196 
 197         // check for default provider to avoid loading of installed providers
 198         if (scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("file"))
 199             return FileSystems.getDefault().provider().getPath(uri);
 200 
 201         // try to find provider
 202         for (FileSystemProvider provider: FileSystemProvider.installedProviders()) {
 203             if (provider.getScheme().equalsIgnoreCase(scheme)) {
 204                 return provider.getPath(uri);
 205             }
 206         }
 207 
 208         throw new FileSystemNotFoundException("Provider \"" + scheme + "\" not installed");
 209     }
 210 
 211     /**
 212      * Returns the file system that created this object.
 213      *
 214      * @return  the file system that created this object
 215      */
 216     FileSystem getFileSystem();
 217 
 218     /**
 219      * Tells whether or not this path is absolute.
 220      *
 221      * <p> An absolute path is complete in that it doesn't need to be combined
 222      * with other path information in order to locate a file.
 223      *
 224      * @return  {@code true} if, and only if, this path is absolute
 225      */
 226     boolean isAbsolute();
 227 
 228     /**
 229      * Returns the root component of this path as a {@code Path} object,
 230      * or {@code null} if this path does not have a root component.
 231      *


 619      * <p> This method constructs an absolute {@link URI} with a {@link
 620      * URI#getScheme() scheme} equal to the URI scheme that identifies the
 621      * provider. The exact form of the scheme specific part is highly provider
 622      * dependent.
 623      *
 624      * <p> In the case of the default provider, the URI is hierarchical with
 625      * a {@link URI#getPath() path} component that is absolute. The query and
 626      * fragment components are undefined. Whether the authority component is
 627      * defined or not is implementation dependent. There is no guarantee that
 628      * the {@code URI} may be used to construct a {@link java.io.File java.io.File}.
 629      * In particular, if this path represents a Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
 630      * path, then the UNC server name may be encoded in the authority component
 631      * of the resulting URI. In the case of the default provider, and the file
 632      * exists, and it can be determined that the file is a directory, then the
 633      * resulting {@code URI} will end with a slash.
 634      *
 635      * <p> The default provider provides a similar <em>round-trip</em> guarantee
 636      * to the {@link java.io.File} class. For a given {@code Path} <i>p</i> it
 637      * is guaranteed that
 638      * <blockquote>
 639      * {@link Path#get(URI) Path.get}{@code (}<i>p</i>{@code .toUri()).equals(}<i>p</i>
 640      * {@code .}{@link #toAbsolutePath() toAbsolutePath}{@code ())}
 641      * </blockquote>
 642      * so long as the original {@code Path}, the {@code URI}, and the new {@code
 643      * Path} are all created in (possibly different invocations of) the same
 644      * Java virtual machine. Whether other providers make any guarantees is
 645      * provider specific and therefore unspecified.
 646      *
 647      * <p> When a file system is constructed to access the contents of a file
 648      * as a file system then it is highly implementation specific if the returned
 649      * URI represents the given path in the file system or it represents a
 650      * <em>compound</em> URI that encodes the URI of the enclosing file system.
 651      * A format for compound URIs is not defined in this release; such a scheme
 652      * may be added in a future release.
 653      *
 654      * @return  the URI representing this path
 655      *
 656      * @throws  java.io.IOError
 657      *          if an I/O error occurs obtaining the absolute path, or where a
 658      *          file system is constructed to access the contents of a file as
 659      *          a file system, and the URI of the enclosing file system cannot be


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