Getting the last access time for a file in Java

Question

I know that using File object we can get the last modified time for a File. But, my requirement is to get the last accessed time for a file in Java. How do I get it?

Answer 1

You can't do it with plain Java, you'll need to use JNI to access the platform specific data, such as this.

Answer 2

You will need to wait for NIO2, which should come with Java 7. It has a method lastAccessTime() for reading the last access time.