Is there a good way to determine if a file is executable in Java

Question

I\'m aware you can call

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(file);

and get an exception if it is not executable, however this is unsafe since runnin

Answer 1

See java.io.File.canExecute()

Answer 2

The class java.io.File has method canExecute().

Answer 3

You can use Files class. It has this method static boolean isExecutable(Path path). If you have just a String of path then you can get Path using Paths class. Like this

Path path = Paths.get(pathToFile);