How to create a file in Java

March 6, 2016August 6, 2016 Vertex Academy 0 Comment Java I/O

This example shows how to create a new file in Java code.

The File.createNewFile() method is used to create a new file in Java.

The method returns a boolean value:
- true - file is created successful
- false - the operation failed or file already exists

package com.vertex.academy.file;

/*
* Vertex Academy
* Java: a new file creation example
*/

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class CreateFileExample
  {
    public static void main( String[] args )
     {
        try {

            File file = new File("c:\\project\\newfile.txt");

            if (file.createNewFile()){
              System.out.println("File ‘newfile.txt’ is created successfully!");
        }

        else{
            System.out.println("File ‘newfile.txt’ already exists.");
            }

        }
        catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        }
  }
}

package com.vertex.academy.file;

* Vertex Academy

* Java: a new file creation example

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class CreateFileExample

{

public static void main( String[] args )

{

try {

File file = new File("c:\\project\\newfile.txt");

if (file.createNewFile()){

System.out.println("File ‘newfile.txt’ is created successfully!");

}

else{

System.out.println("File ‘newfile.txt’ already exists.");

}

catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

Reference
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/File.html

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