programming-examples/java/Core_Java/Read Only file.java

Read Only file

import java.io.*;

    public class ReadOnly {
         public static void main(String[] a) throws IOException {
        
         File f = new File("f");
        
             if (!f.createNewFile()) {
             System.out.println("Can't create new file.");
             return;
         }
        
             if (!f.canWrite()) {
             System.out.println("Can't write new file!");
             return;
         }
        
             if (!f.setReadOnly()) {
             System.out.println("Grrr! Can't set file read-only.");
             return;
         }
        
             if (f.canWrite()) {
             System.out.println("Most immutable, captain!");
             System.out.println("But it still says canWrite() after setReadOnly");
             return;
             } else {
             System.out.println("Logical, captain!");
             System.out.println("canWrite() correctly returns false after setReadOnly");
         }
     }
}