вернуть пустой вектор по ссылке

public class Test1 {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
       String path = System.getProperty("user.home");
       File dir=new File(path+"/new folder");
       if(dir.exists()){
           System.out.println("A folder with name 'new folder' is already exist in the path "+path);
       }else{
           dir.mkdir();
       }

    }
}