Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * 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.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static boolean mkdirs(File directory) { try { forceMkdir(directory); return true; } catch (IOException e) { } return false; } /** * Makes a directory, including any necessary but nonexistent parent * directories. If a file already exists with specified name but it is * not a directory then an IOException is thrown. * If the directory cannot be created (or does not already exist) * then an IOException is thrown. * * @param directory directory to create, must not be {@code null} * @throws NullPointerException if the directory is {@code null} * @throws IOException if the directory cannot be created or the file already exists but is not a directory */ public static void forceMkdir(File directory) throws IOException { if (directory.exists()) { if (!directory.isDirectory()) { String message = "File " + directory + " exists and is " + "not a directory. Unable to create directory."; throw new IOException(message); } } else { if (!directory.mkdirs()) { // Double-check that some other thread or process hasn't made // the directory in the background if (!directory.isDirectory()) { String message = "Unable to create directory " + directory; throw new IOException(message); } } } } }