Operation: Exists

The Exists operation checks whether the files or folders defined in the path parameter exist. Outputs an XML with metadata as a result.

Status values

`1`	The adapter operation was executed successfully.
`-1`	The file or folder does not exist.

Examples

The following example shows a sample parameterization of the adapter for the Exist operation to check whether the target file defined in path parameter exists.

Parameters	Value
`path`	C:\MyFolder\File.xml

Output

If the file does not exist:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Error>java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: C:\MyFolder\File.xml</Error>

If the file exists:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Entry isDirectory="false" name="File.xml">
   <CreationDate>2021-06-18T08:59:20.910681Z</CreationDate>
   <LastModified>2021-06-18T08:22:59.284859Z</LastModified>
</Entry>

When checking if a folder exists, the attribute isDirectory="true" is set.