java.nio.file.spi (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: java.nio.file.spi package
Date: 2023-01-18

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# Package java.nio.file.spi

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

See: Description

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

## Package java.nio.file.spi Description

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.

Since:
  1.7

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