import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.FileSystem;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import java.io.IOException;

public class TryPath {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    FileSystem fileSystem = FileSystems.getDefault();

    Path path = fileSystem.getPath("garbage.java");
    checkPath(path);

    path = Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
    checkPath(path);

    // Amend the following path to your environment
    path = fileSystem.getPath("D:", "Beginning Java SE 7", "Projects", "TryPath", "src", "TryPath.java");
    checkPath(path);
    return;
  }

  // Check the attributes of a path
  static void checkPath(Path path) {
    System.out.println("\n" + path + " has " + path.getNameCount() + " elements.");
    if(path.isAbsolute()) {
      System.out.println(path + " is an absolute path.");
      System.out.println("The parent path is " + path.getParent());
      System.out.println("The root is " + path.getRoot());
    }
    else{
      System.out.println(path + " is a relative path.");
      path = path.toAbsolutePath();
    }

    if(Files.notExists(path)) {
      System.out.println(path + " does not exist.");
        return;
    }

    try {
      BasicFileAttributes attr = Files.readAttributes(path, BasicFileAttributes.class);
      if(attr.isDirectory())
        System.out.println(path.getFileName() + " is a directory.");
      else if(attr.isRegularFile()) {
        System.out.println(path.getFileName() + " is a file containing " +
                                                            attr.size() + " bytes.");
      }
      System.out.println(path + " was created "+ attr.creationTime());
      System.out.println(path + " was last accessed "+ attr.lastAccessTime());
      System.out.println(path + " was last modified "+ attr.lastModifiedTime());
      System.out.println(path + " is "+ attr.size() + " bytes.");
    } catch(IOException e) {
      System.err.println(e);
    }
  }
}