Here you can find the source of getLinkOptions(boolean followLinks)
public static LinkOption[] getLinkOptions(boolean followLinks)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w .ja v a 2 s . c om*/ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ import java.nio.file.LinkOption; public class Main { public static final LinkOption[] EMPTY_LINK_OPTIONS = new LinkOption[0]; private static final LinkOption[] NO_FOLLOW_OPTIONS = new LinkOption[] { LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS }; public static LinkOption[] getLinkOptions(boolean followLinks) { if (followLinks) { return EMPTY_LINK_OPTIONS; } else { // return a clone that modifications to the array will not affect others return NO_FOLLOW_OPTIONS.clone(); } } }