File.canRead() has the following syntax.
public boolean canRead()
In the following code shows how to use File.canRead() method.
// w w w. j ava2 s . c o m import java.io.File; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { File f = new File("c:/test.txt"); // returns true if the file can be read boolean bool = f.canRead(); System.out.print("File can be read: " + bool); } }
The code above generates the following result.