How do I check if a file exists in Java?

Question

How can I check whether a file exists, before opening it for reading in Java (the equivalent of Perl\'s -e $filename

Answer 1

For me a combination of the accepted answer by Sean A.O. Harney and the resulting comment by Cort3z seems to be the best solution.

Used the following snippet:

File f = new File(filePathString);
if(f.exists() && f.isFile()) {
    //do something ...
}

Hope this could help someone.