import java.nio.file.Path;

 import java.nio.file.Paths;

 import java.nio.file.FileSystem;

 import java.nio.file.FileSystems;

 import java.nio.file.Files;

 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;

 import java.io.IOException;

 public class TryPath{

     public static void main(String[] args){

         FileSystem fileSystem=FileSystems.getDefault();

         Path path=fileSystem.getPath("garbage.java");

         checkPath(path);

         path=Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.dir"));

         checkPath(path);

         //Amend the following path to your environment

         path=fileSystem.getPath("E:","JavaProject","BeginningJava","Ch9_Directories","TryPath","TryPath.java");

         checkPath(path);

         return;

     }

     //check the attributes of a path

     static void checkPath(Path path){

         System.out.println("\n"+path+" has "+path.getNameCount() + " elements.");

         if(path.isAbsolute()){

             System.out.println(path + "is an absolute path.");

             System.out.println("The parent path is "+path.getParent());

             System.out.println("The root is "+path.getRoot());

         }

         else{

             System.out.println(path + " is a relative path.");

             path=path.toAbsolutePath();

         }

         if(Files.notExists(path)){

             System.out.println(path + " does not exist.");

             return;

         }

         try {

             BasicFileAttributes attr=Files.readAttributes(path,BasicFileAttributes.class);

             if(attr.isDirectory())

                 System.out.println(path.getFileName() + " is a directory.");

             else if(attr.isRegularFile()){

                 System.out.println(path.getFileName() + " is a file containing " + attr.size() + " bytes.");

             }

             System.out.println(path + " was created " + attr.creationTime());

             System.out.println(path + " was last accessed " + attr.lastAccessTime());

             System.out.println(path + " was last modified " + attr.lastModifiedTime());

             System.out.println(path + " is " + attr.size() + " bytes.");

         }catch(IOException e){

             System.err.println(e);

         }

     }

 }