Java determine drive pathname

Complete source code below will show you how to determine a pathname is a pathname for drive or not.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : PathnameIsDrive.java
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import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;

import java.io.File;

public class PathnameIsDrive
{
 public static void main(String[]args)
 {
  //Create file instance from pathname
  //Try change to pathname that match any drive in your computer
  //For example C:\\ for C drive.
  File myFile=new File("C:\\");
  
  //Check whether the given pathname is drive or not
  if(FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().isDrive(myFile))
  {
   System.out.println("This is a drive");
  }
  else
  {
   System.out.println("This is not a drive");
  }
 }
}

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JUST COMPILE AND EXECUTE IT
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Java and pathname

Before i go through about file's operation, i want to share with you about "pathname" keyword. In java there has lot of methods play with pathname.

For example :
When we want to create a file instance like below
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File myFile=new File("c:\\mytext.txt");
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"c:\\mytext.txt" is a pathname for mytext.txt that locate in c drive.Origin for c:\\mytext.txt is c:\mytext.txt.We use two backslash to prevent syntax error when we compile it.

So, what is pathname ?

• A pathname is a string that describes what directory the file is in, as well as the name of the file.