Java tutorial
import org.apache.commons.vfs2.*; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class ShowProperties { public static void main(String[] args) throws FileSystemException { if (args.length == 0) { System.err.println("Please pass the name of a file as parameter."); System.err.println("e.g. java org.apache.commons.vfs2.example.ShowProperties LICENSE.txt"); return; } for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) { try { FileSystemManager mgr = VFS.getManager(); System.out.println(); System.out.println("Parsing: " + args[i]); FileObject file = mgr.resolveFile(args[i]); System.out.println("URL: " + file.getURL()); System.out.println("getName(): " + file.getName()); System.out.println("BaseName: " + file.getName().getBaseName()); System.out.println("Extension: " + file.getName().getExtension()); System.out.println("Path: " + file.getName().getPath()); System.out.println("Scheme: " + file.getName().getScheme()); System.out.println("URI: " + file.getName().getURI()); System.out.println("Root URI: " + file.getName().getRootURI()); System.out.println("Parent: " + file.getName().getParent()); System.out.println("Type: " + file.getType()); System.out.println("Exists: " + file.exists()); System.out.println("Readable: " + file.isReadable()); System.out.println("Writeable: " + file.isWriteable()); System.out.println("Root path: " + file.getFileSystem().getRoot().getName().getPath()); if (file.exists()) { if (file.getType().equals(FileType.FILE)) { System.out.println("Size: " + file.getContent().getSize() + " bytes"); } else if (file.getType().equals(FileType.FOLDER) && file.isReadable()) { FileObject[] children = file.getChildren(); System.out.println("Directory with " + children.length + " files"); for (int iterChildren = 0; iterChildren < children.length; iterChildren++) { System.out.println("#" + iterChildren + ": " + children[iterChildren].getName()); if (iterChildren > 5) { break; } } } System.out.println("Last modified: " + DateFormat.getInstance().format(new Date(file.getContent().getLastModifiedTime()))); } else { System.out.println("The file does not exist"); } file.close(); } catch (FileSystemException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } } }