Java Path File Time nio fileCreationTime(Path path)

Description

Return the file creation in millis

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

file creation time in millis

Declaration

public static long fileCreationTime(Path path) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the file creation in millis
     * @param file
     * @return file creation time in millis
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static long fileCreationTime(File file) throws IOException {
        if (!file.exists()) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException();
        }

        return fileCreationTime(file.toPath());
    }

    /**
     * Return the file creation in millis
     * @param path
     * @return file creation time in millis
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static long fileCreationTime(Path path) throws IOException {
        BasicFileAttributes attributes = Files.readAttributes(path, BasicFileAttributes.class);
        return attributes.creationTime().to(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
    }
}

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2. awaitLogMessage(String message, long timeout, Path logFilePath)
3. getLastAccessTime(Path file)
4. getLastModificationTime(Path path)
5. getLastModifiedTime(Path path)
6. getLastModifiedTimeInMillis(Path path)