Checking for write access in a directory before creating files inside it

Question

My small utility application asks the user for an output directory via a GUI file selector. Then it creates a lot of files in this output directory after some processing.

Answer 1

Using Java 1.8 I was able to use the following.

Set permissions = Files.getPosixFilePermissions(Paths.get(destDir), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
Assert.assertTrue("User did not have read permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_READ));
Assert.assertTrue("User did not have execute permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE));
Assert.assertTrue("User did not have write permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_WRITE));

Assert.assertFalse("Group did have read permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.GROUP_READ));
Assert.assertFalse("Group did have execute permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.GROUP_EXECUTE));
Assert.assertFalse("Group did have write permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.GROUP_WRITE));

Assert.assertFalse("Others did have read permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_READ));
Assert.assertFalse("Others did have execute permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_EXECUTE));
Assert.assertFalse("Others did have write permission.", permissions.contains(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_WRITE));