# NotDirectoryException

Added in[API level 26](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

# NotDirectoryException

```
open class NotDirectoryException : FileSystemException
```

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| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)                                                         ||||||
| ↳ | [kotlin.Throwable](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-throwable/index.html)                                          |||||
|   | ↳ | [java.lang.Exception](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Exception.html#)                                     ||||
|   |   | ↳ | [java.io.IOException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/io/IOException.html#)                                  |||
|   |   |   | ↳ | [java.nio.file.FileSystemException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/FileSystemException)         ||
|   |   |   |   | ↳ | [java.nio.file.NotDirectoryException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/NotDirectoryException#) |

Checked exception thrown when a file system operation, intended for a directory, fails because the file is not a directory.

## Summary

|                                                                                                                                   Public constructors                                                                                                                                    ||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|
| [NotDirectoryException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/NotDirectoryException#NotDirectoryException(kotlin.String))`(`file:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Constructs an instance of this class. |

| Inherited functions ||
|---|---|
| From class[FileSystemException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/FileSystemException) |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getFile](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/FileSystemException#getFile())`()` <br /> Returns the file used to create this exception. <br />                         | | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getOtherFile](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/FileSystemException#getOtherFile())`()` <br /> Returns the other file used to create this exception. <br />         | | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)! | [getReason](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/FileSystemException#getReason())`()` <br /> Returns the string explaining why the file system operation failed. <br /> | ||

| Inherited properties ||
|---|---|
| From class[FileSystemException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/FileSystemException) |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)? | [message](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/nio/file/FileSystemException#message:kotlin.String) <br /> Returns the detail message string. <br /> | ||

## Public constructors

### NotDirectoryException

Added in[API level 26](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
NotDirectoryException(file: String!)
```

Constructs an instance of this class.

|                                                                  Parameters                                                                  ||
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| `file` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:a string identifying the file or`null`if not known |