question: protected static boolean createDirectory ( final String path ) { File dir = new File ( path ) ; try { boolean dirCreated = dir . mkdirs ( ) ; return dirCreated ; } catch ( SecurityException e ) { LOGGER . error ( "Directory creation . Cannot create the specified directory !\n" + "Specified directory path (absolute): " + dir . getAbsolutePath ( ) , e ) ; throw new IllegalStateException ( "The directory (-" + path + ")  you specified cannot be written to:" , e ) ; } }
target:  Create any directory/directories required in the supplied path