How do I get a file's directory using the File object?

Question

Consider the code:

File file = new File(\"c:\\\\temp\\\\java\\\\testfile\");

testfile is a file, and it may or may not exist.

Answer 1

In either case, I'd expect file.getParent() (or file.getParentFile()) to give you what you want.

Additionally, if you want to find out whether the original File does exist and is a directory, then exists() and isDirectory() are what you're after.