Java File Link readSymbolicLink(@Nonnull File symlink)

Description

Reads the target of the symbolic link

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
symlink	A file that is a symlink

Exception

Parameter	Description

Return

A file that is the target of the symlink

Declaration

public static @Nonnull File readSymbolicLink(@Nonnull File symlink) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w  w  w .  j  a  v a2s  .  c  o  m
 * Copyright 2014 The Codehaus Foundation.
 *
 * 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 javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads the target of the symbolic link
     *
     * @param symlink A file that is a symlink
     * @return A file that is the target of the symlink
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     */

    public static @Nonnull File readSymbolicLink(@Nonnull File symlink) throws IOException {
        final java.nio.file.Path path = java.nio.file.Files.readSymbolicLink(symlink.toPath());
        return path.toFile();
    }
}

Related

1. isSymlink(File file)
2. isSymLink(File file)
3. isSymlink(final File file)
4. isSymlinkJava7(@Nonnull File file)
5. makeSymLink(File target, File destination)
6. readSymlinkTarget(File file)
7. resolveSymbolicLink(File file)
8. sanitizeUrl(String link)
9. textLinksInBytes()