Using file class vs path class to get paths in java

• We know that File class can also return the path of a File.So why did java come up with Path class to get paths of a file.Reason is java File class has few problems.
• It does not throw exceptions or specific errors if something fails.For example File.delete() returns true or false if file is deleted successfully.
• But if it fails to delete the file it doesn't tell whether deletion failed because file does not exist or we don't have permissions to delete the file.
• Another example is File.rename -->It works differently on different OS like windows ,macs etc although they are supposed to work the same on all OS.
• Another issue is File class has no support for symbolic links.Symbolic links are used when one files points to another
• Also File class does not provide info about meta data in a file . like file permissions etc
• One last issue is many methods in File class don't perform well with lots of data.Like if we use File class to find all files in a directory the method can hang is there are lots of files in that directory.

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