Iterate over the Name Elements of a Path - Java File Path IO

Introduction

Path class implements the Iterable interface, you can obtain an object that enables you to iterate over the elements in the path.

Demo Code

import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Path path = Paths.get("C:", "folder1/folder2/folder4", "test.txt");

        for (Path name : path) {
            System.out.println(name);
        }/*from  w w w  .j  a v  a  2 s.co m*/
    }
}

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