Java Create Directory mkdir(final String directory)

Description

Creates a directory

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
directory	the directory to create

Declaration

public static boolean mkdir(final String directory) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*w  ww  .  j  a v  a 2s  . c o  m*/
   Copyright 2012 Otavio Rodolfo Piske
    
   Licensed 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;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Creates a directory
     * @param directory the directory to create
     */
    public static boolean mkdir(final String directory) {
        File dir = new File(directory);

        if (!dir.exists()) {
            return dir.mkdirs();
        } else {
            System.out.println("Directory " + directory + " already exists");
        }

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether a file or directory exists
     * @param file the file or directory to check
     * @return true if it exists or false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean exists(final File file) {
        return file.exists();
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether a file or directory exists
     * @param file the file or directory to check
     * @return true if it exists or false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean exists(final String file) {
        return exists(new File(file));
    }
}

Related

1. mkdir(final File file)
2. mkDir(final String folderPath)
3. mkDir(String destDir, String dirName)
4. mkdir(String dir)
5. mkdir(String dir, String file)