Why Java io. File does not implement autoclosable?

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try (File file = new File(FILE_NAME)) {
        file.delete();          
    }

The error is:

There are no files listed in the autoclosable document in the Java document: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/AutoCloseable.html

So what is the suggested alternative to adding catch blocks?

Solution

As Jeffrey said in his comments on this issue, you need to distinguish between file and InputStream, for example: FileInputStream

try (FileInputStream fs = new FileInputStream (new File(FILE_NAME))) {
    // do what you want with the stream
}