What is FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory() in Java?
Overview
isEmptyDirectory() is a FileUtils class that is used to check whether the directory is empty.
How to import FileUtils
The definition of FileUtils can be found in the Apache Commons IO package, which we can add to the Maven project by adding the following dependency to the pom.xml file:
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.11.0</version>
</dependency>
For other versions of the
commons-iopackage, refer to the Maven Repository.
You can import the FileUtils class as follows:
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
Syntax
public static boolean isEmptyDirectory(final File directory)
Parameters
final File directory: This is the directory to check.
Return value
This method returns true if the directory is empty. Otherwise, it returns false.
Code
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;import java.io.File;import java.io.IOException;public class Main{public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {// Example 1String filePath = "/Users/educative/Downloads";File file = new File(filePath);System.out.printf("The output of FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(%s) is - %s", filePath,FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(file));System.out.println();// Example 2filePath = "/Users/educative/Downloads/temp";file = new File(filePath);System.out.printf("The output of FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(%s) is - %s", filePath,FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(file));System.out.println();// Example 3filePath = "2.txt";file = new File(filePath);System.out.printf("The output of FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(%s) is - %s", filePath,FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(file));}}
Explanation
Example 1
file - "/Users/educative/Downloads"
The method returns false, as the downloads directory is not empty.
Example 2
file - "/Users/educative/Downloads"
In this example, we create an empty directory in the Downloads directory using the bash command mkdir.
On passing the empty temp directory, the method returns true, as the directory is empty.
Example 3
file - 2.txt
The method throws NoSuchFileException, as the file is not available.
Output
The output of the code will be as follows:
The output of FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(/Users/educative/Downloads) is - false
The output of FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(/Users/educative/Downloads/temp) is - false
Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: 2.txt
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:92)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newDirectoryStream(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:412)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newDirectoryStream(Files.java:472)
at org.apache.commons.io.file.PathUtils.isEmptyDirectory(PathUtils.java:763)
at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.isEmptyDirectory(FileUtils.java:1525)
at Main.main(Main.java:21)
