Given the code fragment: //line n1 System.out.println(IP); Which code fragment, when inserted at line n1, enables the code to print /First.txt?

Question

Options

• APath IP = new Paths ("/First.txt");
• BPath IP = Paths.toPath ("/First.txt");
• CPath IP = new Path ("/First.txt");
• DPath IP = Paths.get ("/", "First.txt");

• A
  13% (5)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  8% (3)
• D
  75% (30)

Explanation

Paths.get() is a static factory method on the java.nio.file.Paths utility class - the correct way to create a Path object in Java NIO.2. Option D passes two string segments ("/" and "First.txt") which Paths.get() joins into /First.txt, and calling System.out.println(IP) on a Path invokes its toString(), printing exactly /First.txt.

Why the distractors fail:

• A - Paths has no constructor; it's a utility class with only static methods, so new Paths(...) won't compile.
• B - toPath() doesn't exist on Paths; that method belongs to java.io.File (i.e., new File("/First.txt").toPath()), not the Paths class.
• C - Path is an interface, not a class, so new Path(...) is illegal - you can't instantiate an interface directly.

Memory tip: Think of Paths (with an s) as the supplier - it supplies Path objects via Paths.get(). Just like Arrays.asList() or Collections.unmodifiableList(), Java NIO.2 follows the pattern of a plural utility class providing static factory methods for the singular interface.

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