How to get File name from Path object In java

The Path interface is part of Java NIO introduced in Java 7. The Path interface is located in the java.nio.file package. Java NIO is the new enhanced java library to work with Files and Directories. The Path object is core part of the Java NIO, and is essential to work with the NIO api's. In this Article we explore how we can create a Path object from a String path and extract the file name represented by the path. Following code snippet show how to extract the file or directory name (String) from the path object.

 public static String getFileName(String strPath) {
    String fileName = null;
    Path path = Paths.get(strPath);
    if (Files.isRegularFile(path)) {
      fileName = path.getFileName().toString();
    }
    return fileName;
  }