[Solved] why is a file associated with an object? [closed]

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A file on your machine is associated with a File object in Java. This allows the “stream of bytes” to have behaviors (methods) that can be useful for developers.

If I had just a stream of bytes, I can do little more than read the stream and do something with the data of the file. However, with a File object, I can do a lot more, including (but certainly not limited to):

  • Read metadata about the file (such as lastModified)
  • compareTo another File or see if two of them are equal
  • getAbsolutePath of the file for reference

You can read about the functionality of File here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html

Finally, treating a file as an object falls in line with object-oriented design. Knowing that a file has a state and behaviors allows it to interact with other objects in the program to achieve a task.

Java attempts to be a purely object-oriented language, and so just about every concept can be in some way formed as an object.

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solved why is a file associated with an object? [closed]