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

If you do something like this:

File file = new File("test.txt");
String parent = file.getParent();

parent will be null.

So to get directory of this file you can do next:

parent = file.getAbsoluteFile().getParent();

Answer 2

String parentPath = f.getPath().substring(0, f.getPath().length() - f.getName().length()); 

This would be my solution

Answer 3

File filePath=new File("your_file_path");
String dir="";
if (filePath.isDirectory())
{
    dir=filePath.getAbsolutePath();
}
else
{
    dir=filePath.getAbsolutePath().replaceAll(filePath.getName(), "");
}