Create a file and set it to read-only in Java
Description
The following code shows how to create a file and set it to read-only.
Example
/* w ww. jav a 2s.co m*/
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Main {
public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException {
// Create a new file, by default canWrite=true,readonly=false
File file = new File ("test.txt");
if (file.exists ()) {
file.delete ();
}
file.createNewFile ();
System.out.println ("Before. canWrite?" + file.canWrite ());
// set to read-only, atau canWrite = false */
file.setWritable (false);
System.out.println ("After. canWrite?" + file.canWrite ());
}
}
The code above generates the following result.