Java - File Basic Attribute Read

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Introduction

The following code reads the basic file attributes.

Demo

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Change the file path of an existing file
    Path path = Paths.get("C:\\myData\\Main.java");

    try {//ww w  . j a  v a 2 s  .co  m
      // Read basic file attributes
      BasicFileAttributes bfa = Files.readAttributes(path,
          BasicFileAttributes.class);

      // Print some of the basic file attributes
      System.out.format("Size:%s bytes %n", bfa.size());
      System.out.format("Creation Time:%s %n", bfa.creationTime());
      System.out.format("Last Access Time:%s %n", bfa.lastAccessTime());
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Result

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