What is FileUtils.isDirectory() in Java?

Overview

isDirectory() is a staticthe methods in Java that can be called without creating an object of the class. method of the FileUtils class that is used to check whether the specified file is a directory.

How to import FileUtils

The definition of FileUtils can be found in the Apache Commons IO package, which we can add to the Maven project by adding the following dependency to the pom.xml file:

<dependency>
            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
            <version>2.11.0</version>
</dependency>

For other versions of the commons-io package, refer to the Maven Repository.

You can import the FileUtils class as follows:

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;

Syntax

public static boolean isDirectory(final File file, final LinkOption... options)

Parameters

  • final File file: This is the file to check.
  • final LinkOption... options: These options indicate how symbolic links are handled.

Return value

This method returns true if the file is a directory. Otherwise, it returns false.

Code

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import java.io.File;
public class Main{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      
      // Example 1
      String filePath = "/Users/educative/Downloads";
      File file = new File(filePath);
      
      System.out.printf("The output of FileUtils.isDirectory(%s) is - %s", filePath,FileUtils.isDirectory(file));
      System.out.println();
      // Example 2
      filePath = "2.txt";
      file = new File(filePath);
      
      System.out.printf("The output of FileUtils.isDirectory(%s) is - %s", filePath,FileUtils.isDirectory(file));
      System.out.println();
      // Example 3
      filePath = "/usr/local/bin/perror";
      file = new File(filePath);
      
      System.out.printf("The output of FileUtils.isDirectory(%s) is - %s", filePath,FileUtils.isDirectory(file));
    }
}

Explanation

Example 1

  • file - "/Users/educative/Downloads"

The method returns true, as the file is available and is a directory.

Example 2

  • file - 2.txt

The method returns false, as the file is not available.

Example 3

  • file - "/usr/local/bin/perror"

The method returns false, as the file is a symbolic link.

Output

The output of the code will be as follows:

The output of FileUtils.isDirectory(/Users/educative/Downloads) is - true
The output of FileUtils.isDirectory(2.txt) is - false
The output of FileUtils.isDirectory(/usr/local/bin/perror) is - false
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