Creating Folder/Directory if Doesn't Exist using Java

In some cases we may like to save a file inside a folder, in this case the application may result an error if the Folder/Directory is not available in the application directory. To over come this we can better create a folder with the name as per our wish.
This simple code first checks if the Folder/Directory with the desired name exists or not. If there is no such Folder/Directory then the code will create one Folder/Directory with the name defined.

Creating Directory/Folder if Doesn't Exist using Java

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1. File theDir = new File("New Folder");  // Defining Directory/Folder Name  
2. try{   
3.     if (!theDir.exists()){  // Checks that Directory/Folder Doesn't Exists!  
4.      boolean result = theDir.mkdir();    
5.      if(result){  
6.      JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "New Folder created!");}  
7.     }  
8. }catch(Exception e){  
9.     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e);  
10. }  

File theDir = new File("New Folder"); // Defining Directory/Folder Name try{ if (!theDir.exists()){ // Checks that Directory/Folder Doesn't Exists! boolean result = theDir.mkdir(); if(result){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "New Folder created!");} } }catch(Exception e){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e); }