Java Check file or folder exist or not

Description:

In this section we will be tackling on how to check a file if it exists or not

Check file exists in java

Java File class have a method exists() from a give filename declared in the constructor of this class. The exists method return a boolean value, true if the file or folder exists or not.

Sample Source code:

package com.javatutorialhq.tutorial;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class JavaFileCheckExistence {

	/**
	 * This java sample code shows how check exists or not
	 * Property of javatutorialhq.com
	 * All Rights Reserved
	 * Version 1.0 06/13/2012
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
		File f = new File("C:\\temp\\testFolder\\testFile.zip");
		if (f.exists()) {
			System.out.println("File " + f.getCanonicalPath() + " exists");
		} else {
			System.out.println("Error, file does not exists");
		}

	}

}

Sample output:

File C:\temp\testFolder\testFile.zip exists

This java source code just basically checks if the file exists or not. Prints the result and exit.