Path.createFile() and createDirectory() and nonexistent parents

[Alan Bateman]

Joel Uckelman wrote:
> I can't tell from the Javadoc for Path.createFile() and createDirectory()
> what the expected behavior is if some element in the path (other than
> the name) doesn't exist. For example, if my Path is /foo/bar, but /foo
> doesn't exist, will calling Path.createFile() also create the directory
> /foo or will it throw an IOException? The docs appear to leave this open;
> it would be nice if they made a clear statement one way or the other,
> since the current state makes it hard to know how to handle failure.
>   
No, these methods do not create any missing parent directories (has 
cannot do so as they are created to be atomic). However, point taken 
this isn't as clear as it should - there is a specification bug tracking 
this:
  http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6876000

-Alan.