2. Working with Folders

Question 1

What is the .NET Directory class?

Answer 1

A class that exposes static methods for creating, moving, and enumerating through directories and subdirectories.

Question 2

Can the .NET Directory class be inherited?

Answer 2

No, it cannot.

Question 3

What is the .NET File class?

Answer 3

A class that provides static methods for the creation, copying, deletion, moving, and opening of a single file, and aids in the creation of FileStream objects.

Question 4

What is the .NET Path class?

Answer 4

A class that performs operations on String instances that contain file or directory path information.

Question 5

Where do the .NET File, Directory, and Path classes live?

Answer 5

In the System.IO namespace.

Question 6

What does an @ prefix do for strings?

Answer 6

It converts the string’s characters to Unicode so that we don’t have to escape any characters;