Paths (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: java.nio.file.Paths class
Date: 2026-04-17

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java.nio.file

## Class Paths

- java.lang.Object
- - java.nio.file.Paths

-     public final class Paths
      extends Object

  This class consists exclusively of static methods that return a `Path` by converting a path string or `URI`.
  Since:
    1.7

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static Path` | `get(String first, String... more)` Converts a path string, or a sequence of strings that when joined form a path string, to a `Path`.
    `static Path` | `get(URI uri)` Converts the given URI to a `Path` object.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### get

          public static Path get(String first,
                                 String... more)

      Converts a path string, or a sequence of strings that when joined form a path string, to a `Path`. If `more` does not specify any elements then the value of the `first` parameter is the path string to convert. If `more` specifies one or more elements then each non-empty string, including `first`, is considered to be a sequence of name elements (see `Path`) and is joined to form a path string. The details as to how the Strings are joined is provider specific but typically they will be joined using the `name-separator` as the separator. For example, if the name separator is "`/`" and `getPath("/foo","bar","gus")` is invoked, then the path string `"/foo/bar/gus"` is converted to a `Path`. A `Path` representing an empty path is returned if `first` is the empty string and `more` does not contain any non-empty strings.

      The `Path` is obtained by invoking the `getPath` method of the `default` `FileSystem`.

      Note that while this method is very convenient, using it will imply an assumed reference to the default `FileSystem` and limit the utility of the calling code. Hence it should not be used in library code intended for flexible reuse. A more flexible alternative is to use an existing `Path` instance as an anchor, such as:

               Path dir = ...
               Path path = dir.resolve("file");

      Parameters:
        `first` - the path string or initial part of the path string
        `more` - additional strings to be joined to form the path string
      Returns:
        the resulting `Path`
      Throws:
        `InvalidPathException` - if the path string cannot be converted to a `Path`
      See Also:
        `FileSystem.getPath(java.lang.String, java.lang.String...)`

    - #### get

          public static Path get(URI uri)

      Converts the given URI to a `Path` object.

      This method iterates over the `installed` providers to locate the provider that is identified by the URI `scheme` of the given URI. URI schemes are compared without regard to case. If the provider is found then its `getPath` method is invoked to convert the URI.

      In the case of the default provider, identified by the URI scheme "file", the given URI has a non-empty path component, and undefined query and fragment components. Whether the authority component may be present is platform specific. The returned `Path` is associated with the `default` file system.

      The default provider provides a similar round-trip guarantee to the `File` class. For a given `Path` p it is guaranteed that

      > `Paths.get(`p`.`toUri`()).equals(` p`.`toAbsolutePath`())`

      so long as the original `Path`, the `URI`, and the new `Path` are all created in (possibly different invocations of) the same Java virtual machine. Whether other providers make any guarantees is provider specific and therefore unspecified.
      Parameters:
        `uri` - the URI to convert
      Returns:
        the resulting `Path`
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if preconditions on the `uri` parameter do not hold. The format of the URI is provider specific.
        `FileSystemNotFoundException` - The file system, identified by the URI, does not exist and cannot be created automatically, or the provider identified by the URI's scheme component is not installed
        `SecurityException` - if a security manager is installed and it denies an unspecified permission to access the file system

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