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* Define interfaces and classes for the Java virtual machine to access files, |
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* file attributes, and file systems. |
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* <p> The java.nio.file package defines classes to access files and file |
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* systems. The API to access file and file system attributes is defined in the |
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* {@link java.nio.file.attribute} package. The {@link java.nio.file.spi} |
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* package is used by service provider implementors wishing to extend the |
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* platform default provider, or to construct other provider implementations. |
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* <a name="links"><h3>Symbolic Links</h3></a> |
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* Many operating systems and file systems support for <em>symbolic links</em>. |
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* A symbolic link is a special file that serves as a reference to another file. |
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* For the most part, symbolic links are transparent to applications and |
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* operations on symbolic links are automatically redirected to the <em>target</em> |
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* of the link. Exceptions to this are when a symbolic link is deleted or |
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* renamed/moved in which case the link is deleted or removed rather than the |
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* target of the link. This package includes support for symbolic links where |
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* implementations provide these semantics. File systems may support other types |
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* that are semantically close but support for these other types of links is |
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* not included in this package. |
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* <a name="interop"><h3>Interoperability</h3></a> |
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* The {@link java.io.File} class defines the {@link java.io.File#toPath |
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* toPath} method to construct a {@link java.nio.file.Path} by converting |
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* the abstract path represented by the {@code java.io.File} object. The resulting |
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* {@code Path} can be used to operate on the same file as the {@code File} |
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* object. The {@code Path} specification provides further information |
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* on the <a href="Path.html#interop">interoperability</a> between {@code Path} |
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* and {@code java.io.File} objects. |
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* <h3>Visibility</h3> |
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* The view of the files and file system provided by classes in this package are |
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* guaranteed to be consistent with other views provided by other instances in the |
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* same Java virtual machine. The view may or may not, however, be consistent with |
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* the view of the file system as seen by other concurrently running programs due |
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* to caching performed by the underlying operating system and delays induced by |
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* network-filesystem protocols. This is true regardless of the language in which |
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* these other programs are written, and whether they are running on the same machine |
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* The {@link java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption#SYNC SYNC} and {@link |
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* java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption#DSYNC DSYNC} options are used when opening a file |
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* storage device. In the case of the default provider, and the file resides on |
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package java.nio.file; |