| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| java.io | 
 Provides for system input and output through data streams,
serialization and the file system. 
 | 
| java.nio.channels | 
 Defines channels, which represent connections to entities that are capable of
 performing I/O operations, such as files and sockets; defines selectors, for
 multiplexed, non-blocking I/O operations. 
 | 
| java.nio.file | 
 Defines interfaces and classes for the Java virtual machine to access files,
 file attributes, and file systems. 
 | 
| java.nio.file.spi | 
 Service-provider classes for the  
java.nio.file package. | 
| java.util | 
 Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model,
date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility
classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array). 
 | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Path
 An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system. 
 | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| OpenOption
 An object that configures how to open or create a file. 
 | 
| Path
 An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system. 
 | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| AccessMode
 Defines access modes used to test the accessibility of a file. 
 | 
| CopyOption
 An object that configures how to copy or move a file. 
 | 
| DirectoryStream
 An object to iterate over the entries in a directory. 
 | 
| DirectoryStream.Filter
 An interface that is implemented by objects that decide if a directory
 entry should be accepted or filtered. 
 | 
| FileStore
 Storage for files. 
 | 
| FileSystem
 Provides an interface to a file system and is the factory for objects to
 access files and other objects in the file system. 
 | 
| FileSystemException
 Thrown when a file system operation fails on one or two files. 
 | 
| FileVisitOption
 Defines the file tree traversal options. 
 | 
| FileVisitor
 A visitor of files. 
 | 
| FileVisitResult
 The result type of a  
FileVisitor. | 
| LinkOption
 Defines the options as to how symbolic links are handled. 
 | 
| OpenOption
 An object that configures how to open or create a file. 
 | 
| Path
 An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system. 
 | 
| PathMatcher
 An interface that is implemented by objects that perform match operations on
 paths. 
 | 
| SecureDirectoryStream
 A  
DirectoryStream that defines operations on files that are located
 relative to an open directory. | 
| StandardCopyOption
 Defines the standard copy options. 
 | 
| StandardOpenOption
 Defines the standard open options. 
 | 
| Watchable
 An object that may be registered with a watch service so that it can be
 watched for changes and events. 
 | 
| WatchEvent
 An event or a repeated event for an object that is registered with a  
WatchService. | 
| WatchEvent.Kind
 An event kind, for the purposes of identification. 
 | 
| WatchEvent.Modifier
 An event modifier that qualifies how a  
Watchable is registered
 with a WatchService. | 
| WatchKey
 A token representing the registration of a  
watchable object
 with a WatchService. | 
| WatchService
 A watch service that watches registered objects for changes and
 events. 
 | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| AccessMode
 Defines access modes used to test the accessibility of a file. 
 | 
| CopyOption
 An object that configures how to copy or move a file. 
 | 
| DirectoryStream
 An object to iterate over the entries in a directory. 
 | 
| DirectoryStream.Filter
 An interface that is implemented by objects that decide if a directory
 entry should be accepted or filtered. 
 | 
| FileStore
 Storage for files. 
 | 
| FileSystem
 Provides an interface to a file system and is the factory for objects to
 access files and other objects in the file system. 
 | 
| LinkOption
 Defines the options as to how symbolic links are handled. 
 | 
| OpenOption
 An object that configures how to open or create a file. 
 | 
| Path
 An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system. 
 | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Path
 An object that may be used to locate a file in a file system. 
 | 
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