Information about a path can be get using the methods of a Path
object:
toString()
returns the string representation of the path
Path p1 = Paths.get("/var/www"); // p1.toString() returns "/var/www"
getFileName()
returns the file name (or, more specifically, the last element of the path
Path p1 = Paths.get("/var/www"); // p1.getFileName() returns "www"
Path p3 = Paths.get("C:\\Users\\DentAr\\Documents\\HHGTDG.odt"); // p3.getFileName() returns "HHGTDG.odt"
getNameCount()
returns the number of elements that form the path
Path p1 = Paths.get("/var/www"); // p1.getNameCount() returns 2
getName(int index)
returns the element at the given index
Path p1 = Paths.get("/var/www"); // p1.getName(0) returns "var", p1.getName(1) returns "www"
getParent()
returns the path of the parent directory
Path p1 = Paths.get("/var/www"); // p1.getParent().toString() returns "/var"
getRoot()
returns the root of the path
Path p1 = Paths.get("/var/www"); // p1.getRoot().toString() returns "/"
Path p3 = Paths.get("C:\\Users\\DentAr\\Documents\\HHGTDG.odt"); // p3.getRoot().toString() returns "C:\\"