Java: Path vs File

Question

For new applications written in Java 7, is there any reason to use a java.io.File object any more or can we consider it deprecated?

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Answer 1

Java.io.File is not deprecated. Yes java.nio.file.Path is better, but as long as there are still plenty of programs and text books using Java.io.File, if only for legacy reasons, it should not be considered deprecated, its too important. Doing so would just be throwing a spanner in the works for no over all gain. For example the Android framework uses File for some of its basic file handling features, many other things do to.