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Check if Java File Name and Path is valid

In this tutorial see various ways to check if Java File Name and Path is valid.
  • 1. Check if File Exists
    We should check if the file to be created exists using file.exists()
  • 2. Make use of the Java 7 java.nio.file.Paths class.
    public static boolean isPathValid(String path) {
    
                try {
    
                    Paths.get(path);
    
                } catch (InvalidPathException ex) {
                    return false;
                }
    
                return true;
            }
    
    The Paths.get(path) method returns a path. However if the path is not valid, then it throws InvalidPathException.
    For example Path.get("C://test.txt") will return true while Path.get("C://tes?t.txt") will throw an InvalidPathException.
  • 3. Make use of the File.getCanonicalPath()
    File.getCanonicalPath() will throw IOException if the file path contains invalid filename like "?", "|".
    public static boolean isValidFilePath(String path) {
        File f = new File(path);
        try {
           f.getCanonicalPath();
           return true;
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
           return false;
        }
      }
    
    isValidFilePath("C://test.txt") will throw true above while isValidFilePath("C://te?st.txt") will return false.

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