Java I/O How to - Check to see if a path is absolute

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Question

We would like to know how to check to see if a path is absolute.

Answer

import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Path;
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public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("/home/docs/status.txt");

    System.out.println(path.isAbsolute());
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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