Determining whether two paths are equivalent - Java File Path IO

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Description

Determining whether two paths are equivalent

Demo Code

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

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Path path1 = null;//from   www  .j a v a2  s .c o  m
    Path path2 = null;
    Path path3 = null;

    path1 = Paths.get("/home/docs/users.txt");
    path2 = Paths.get("/home/docs/users.txt");
    path3 = Paths.get("/home/music/Future Setting A.mp3");

    testEquals(path1, path2);
    testEquals(path1, path3);

    testCompareTo(path1, path2);
    testCompareTo(path1, path3);

    testSameFile(path1, path2);
    testSameFile(path1, path3);
  }

  private static void testEquals(Path path1, Path path2) {
    if (path1.equals(path2)) {
      System.out.printf("%s and %s are equal\n", path1, path2);
    } else {
      System.out.printf("%s and %s are NOT equal\n", path1, path2);
    }
  }

  private static void testCompareTo(Path path1, Path path2) {
    if (path1.compareTo(path2) == 0) {
      System.out.printf("%s and %s are identical\n", path1, path2);
    }

    else {
      System.out.printf("%s and %s are NOT identical\n", path1, path2);
    }
  }

  private static void testSameFile(Path path1, Path path2) {
    try {
      if (Files.isSameFile(path1, path2)) {
        System.out.printf("%s and %s are the same file\n", path1, path2);
      } else {
        System.out.printf("%s and %s are NOT the same file\n", path1, path2);
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

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