Java 7 new IO API - Paths.exists

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Does anyone know what happened to the path.exists() API method in the latest Java 7 API? I cannot find the change in the change logs, and between b123 and b130, the method has been removed from the API.I see that there is a static Files.exists method but I'm not sure if that is the replacement or not.

Is anyone following the Java 7 work close enough to know how this should be handled?

Thanks for any help.

Perhaps in JDK8 it will be added back in as a defender method. :) — Tom Hawtin - tackline, Feb 26 '11 at 14:55
An alternative is to return a File object representing that path by calling toFile() and then calling *its* exists() method. — someguy, Feb 26 '11 at 18:52

score 149 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 09 '16 at 02:10

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`Files.exists`

Look in the Files class for the static methods exists() and notExists(). Both take a Path.

I guess they decided it made more sense as a static rather than instance method.

edited Apr 09 '16 at 02:10

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Java 7 new IO API - Paths.exists

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`Files.exists`

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