Is there a reason to get the file name of a path before converting it to a file?

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Someone answered one of my questions using path.getFileName().toFile() instead of just path.toFile(). Is there a reason for that or should I use just path.toFile()?

Why not ask the person who answered your question? – CraigR8806 Jul 17 '17 at 14:01 — CraigR8806, Jul 17 '17 at 14:01
Sorry. I'll do like you said next time. – viniciussss Jul 17 '17 at 14:15 — viniciussss, Jul 17 '17 at 14:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '17 at 14:03

In your specific situation it was path.getFileName().toFile().getName() in this case path.toFile().getName() will give you same result.

But generally speaking path.getFileName().toFile() and path.toFile() will return different files.

Here small example.

    Path path =  FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("foo", "bar", "buzz");
    System.out.println(path.getFileName().toFile());
    System.out.println(path.toFile());

Which give us

buzz
foo\bar\buzz

Is there a reason to get the file name of a path before converting it to a file?

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