Get java nio file Path object from java io File

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Is it possible to get a Path object from a java io File   I know you can convert a path to a file using toFile   method  but I couldn t find the opposite conversion  Is there a way to do this in Java 6 or lower

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You likely want File toPath

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From the documentation      Paths associated with the default provider are generally interoperable   with the java io File class  Paths created by other providers are   unlikely to be interoperable with the abstract path names represented   by java io File  The toPath method may be used to obtain a Path from   the abstract path name represented by a java io File object  The   resulting Path can be used to operate on the same file as the   java io File object  In addition  the toFile method is useful to   construct a File from the String representation of a Path     emphasis mine   So  for toFile      Returns a File object representing this path    And toPath      Returns a java nio file Path object constructed from the this abstract path

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Yes  you can get it from the File object by using File toPath    Keep in mind that this is only for Java 7   Java versions 6 and below do not have it

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As many have suggested  JRE v1 7 and above has File toPath     File yourFile        Path yourPath   yourFile toPath      On Oracle s jdk 1 7 documentation which is also mentioned in other posts above  the following equivalent code is described in the description for toPath   method  which may work for JRE v1 6   File yourFile        Path yourPath   FileSystems getDefault   getPath yourFile getPath

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