10. Example: FileTime comparisons

• FileTime values can be used in comparing the times of two files. For example,

  
  import java.nio.file.*;
  import java.nio.file.attribute.*;
  import java.io.IOException;
  public class PathDemo6
  {
      public static void main(String[] args)
      {
          Path file1 =
              Paths.get("C:\\example\\Data.txt");
          Path file2 =
              Paths.get("C:\\example\\Data2.txt");
          try
          {
              BasicFileAttributes attr1 =
                  Files.readAttributes(file1, BasicFileATtributes.class);
              BasicFileAttributes attr2 =
                  Files.readAttributes(file2, BasicFileAttributes.class);
              FileTime time1 = attr1.creationTime();
              FileTime time2 = attr2.creationTime();
              System.out.println("file1's creation time is: " + time1);
              System.out.println("file2's creation time is: " + time2);
              if(time1.compareTo(time2) < 0)
                  System.out.println("file1 was created before file2");
              else
                  if(time1.compareTo(time2) > 0)
                      System.out.println("file1 was created after file2");
                  else
                      System.out.println
                      ("file1 and file2 were created at the same time");
          }
          catch(IOException e)
          {
              System.out.println("IO Exception");
          }
      }
  }///class PathDemo6