Package java.nio.file.spi

package java.nio.file.spi

Service-provider classes for the java.nio.file package.

Only developers who are defining new file system providers or file type detectors should need to make direct use of this package.

Unless otherwise noted, passing a null argument to a constructor or method in any class or interface in this package will cause a NullPointerException to be thrown. In some cases methods which are specified to throw an IOException may throw a more specific optional specific exception.

Since:: 1.7

Package	Description
java.nio.file	Defines interfaces and classes for the Java virtual machine to access files, file attributes, and file systems.
java.nio.file.attribute	Interfaces and classes providing access to file and file system attributes.

Class	Description
FileSystemProvider	Service-provider class for file systems.
FileTypeDetector	A file type detector for probing a file to guess its file type.

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