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, and ...

Guava’s Files class includes a couple overloaded write methods for easily writing content to a file. The next code sample demonstrates using Files.write(byte[],File). Demonstrating ...

When Java applications are deployed, all of the files that constitute the Java app are compressed and packaged into a single file. While compressed files are typically given a .zip extension, the Java ...

Right from day one, the standard format for packaging Java programs was the Java ARchive, or JAR file for short. There's nothing particularly interesting about a JAR file. At its heart, it's simply a ...

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John asked the Web Browsing and Email forum if it’s safe to delete and block Java’s temporary files. Absolutely. If you delete a file that you may need in the future, the file will simply be recreated ...