这是一种经过测试的方法

public static String getExtension(String fileName) {
    char ch;
    int len;
    if(fileName==null || 
            (len = fileName.length())==0 || 
            (ch = fileName.charAt(len-1))=='/' || ch=='\\' || //in the case of a directory
             ch=='.' ) //in the case of . or ..
        return "";
    int dotInd = fileName.lastIndexOf('.'),
        sepInd = Math.max(fileName.lastIndexOf('/'), fileName.lastIndexOf('\\'));
    if( dotInd<=sepInd )
        return "";
    else
        return fileName.substring(dotInd+1).toLowerCase();
}

测试用例:

@Test
public void testGetExtension() {
    assertEquals("", getExtension("C"));
    assertEquals("ext", getExtension("C.ext"));
    assertEquals("ext", getExtension("A/B/C.ext"));
    assertEquals("", getExtension("A/B/C.ext/"));
    assertEquals("", getExtension("A/B/C.ext/.."));
    assertEquals("bin", getExtension("A/B/C.bin"));
    assertEquals("hidden", getExtension(".hidden"));
    assertEquals("dsstore", getExtension("/user/home/.dsstore"));
    assertEquals("", getExtension(".strange."));
    assertEquals("3", getExtension("1.2.3"));
    assertEquals("exe", getExtension("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\java\\bin\\javaw.exe"));
}

如果你计划使用Apache common -io，只是想检查文件的扩展名，然后做一些操作，你可以使用这个，这里是一个片段:

if(FilenameUtils.isExtension(file.getName(),"java")) {
    someoperation();
}

从所有其他答案中可以明显看出，没有足够的“内置”函数。这是一种安全简单的方法。

String getFileExtension(File file) {
    if (file == null) {
        return "";
    }
    String name = file.getName();
    int i = name.lastIndexOf('.');
    String ext = i > 0 ? name.substring(i + 1) : "";
    return ext;
}

private String getFileExtension(File file) {
    String name = file.getName();
    int lastIndexOf = name.lastIndexOf(".");
    if (lastIndexOf == -1) {
        return ""; // empty extension
    }
    return name.substring(lastIndexOf);
}

    private String getExtension(File file)
        {
            String fileName = file.getName();
            String[] ext = fileName.split("\\.");
            return ext[ext.length -1];
        }

我发现了一个更好的方法来找到扩展混合以上所有的答案

public static String getFileExtension(String fileLink) {

        String extension;
        Uri uri = Uri.parse(fileLink);
        String scheme = uri.getScheme();
        if (scheme != null && scheme.equals(ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT)) {
            MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
            extension = mime.getExtensionFromMimeType(CoreApp.getInstance().getContentResolver().getType(uri));
        } else {
            extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(fileLink);
        }

        return extension;
    }

public static String getMimeType(String fileLink) {
        String type = CoreApp.getInstance().getContentResolver().getType(Uri.parse(fileLink));
        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(type)) return type;
        MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
        return mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(FileChooserUtil.getFileExtension(fileLink));
    }