Where is java.nio.file

Question

I'm new to java so I am not familiar with the framework yet. I am reading java documentation that tells me there should be a java.nio.file namespace. But when I attempt to import it the precompiler is complaining that it doesn't exist.

What's up?

Answer 1

java.nio.file is coming in Java 7. It's not in Java 6 or before.

You must be reading the JDK7 docs.

Until then, you're stuck with the steaming heap of unpleasantness that is java.io.File.

Answer 2

Note that there is no Java precompiler. At least from the outside, the Java compiler acts as a single program.