Java Paths get Path
import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { try {/* w ww .j av a 2 s.co m*/ Path path = Paths.get("c:/", "docs", "users.txt"); System.out.printf("Absolute path: %s", path.toAbsolutePath()); } catch (InvalidPathException ex) { System.out.printf("Bad path: [%s] at position %s", ex.getInput(), ex.getIndex()); } } }