In the previous post Java SE 7 Brings Better File Handling than Ever to Groovy, I discussed the ability to use Java 7’s NIO.2 implementation to discover a wide set of attributes, characteristics ...

In this example, the file-copy logic is harder to follow because the logic is intermixed with exception-checking, exception-handling, and cleanup code: Java provides the catch block to delimit a ...

Now, we'll continue our exploration of the I/O facilities provided by the Java platform by showing how the same techniques, classes, and data types used for reading and writing data to local file ...

Moreover, the launcher adheres to Java's packaging conventions, requiring that source files be organized according to their package structure. This structured approach extends to handling modular ...

Error handling, also called exception handling, is a big part of Java, but it’s also one of the more divisive elements. Exception handling allows a developer to ...