cannot find symbol (path) in intellij

Question

i tried to use java.nio.file package ,but when i use Path class using intellij,i got this error:

can't find symbol (path)

code:

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;


public class IO_METHODS {

    public static void main(String args[]){

    Path target= Paths.get("mytext.txt");
    Path file= Files.createFile(target);



    }

}

why did i get this error ?

Answer 1

You didn't import Path . Do

import java.nio.file.Path
//...rest of imports and code