Files in Java

[Cecil Phillip]

What I noticed in Java is the if I declare a File oject and initialize it to a File, lets say
File test = new File("C:\java","testfile.java");
When I used a BufferedReader to write to the File object, the actual file (testfile.java) will be created. However if I initialize it with a directory that doesn't exist an exception is thrown. What I want to know is why is that the file would be created if it doesn't exist, but the direcctory wouldn't? Also how could I create that directory?

[Dirk Schreckmann]

The class File has a method called mkdir()...

[Adam Blinkinsop]

Originally posted by Cecil Phillip:
What I want to know is why is that the file would be created if it doesn't exist, but the direcctory wouldn't?

java.io.File objects aren't really files, but filenames. You can create any legal filename you want, it doesn't have to exist (see the 'exists()' method in the File class).