BasicFileAttributes.isDirectory() has the following syntax.
boolean isDirectory()
In the following code shows how to use BasicFileAttributes.isDirectory() method.
import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes; // w w w . ja v a 2 s . co m public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { BasicFileAttributes attr = null; Path path = Paths.get("C:/tutorial/Java/JavaFX", "Topic.txt"); attr = Files.readAttributes(path, BasicFileAttributes.class); System.out.println("Is directory ? " + attr.isDirectory()); } }