Java File Move nui move(String sourceFile, String targetFile)

Description

Moves one file to another.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
sourceFile	a parameter
targetFile	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static void move(String sourceFile, String targetFile) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w ww.j  a va  2s .c  o  m*/
 * Created on 09/10/2003
 * YAWLEditor v1.0 
 *
 * @author Lindsay Bradford
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Moves one file to another. Note that if a file already exists with the same
     * name as <code>targetFile</code> this method will overwrite its contents.
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetFile
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void move(String sourceFile, String targetFile) throws IOException {
        copy(sourceFile, targetFile);
        new File(sourceFile).delete();
    }

    /**
     * Copies one file to another. Note that if a file already exists with the same
     * name as <code>targetFile</code> this method will overwrite its contents.
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetFile
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void copy(String sourceFile, String targetFile) throws IOException {
        FileChannel sourceChannel = new FileInputStream(sourceFile).getChannel();
        FileChannel targetChannel = new FileOutputStream(targetFile).getChannel();

        targetChannel.transferFrom(sourceChannel, 0, sourceChannel.size());

        sourceChannel.close();
        targetChannel.close();
    }
}

Related

1. move(File from, File to)
2. move(File from, File to)
3. move(File in, File out)
4. move(File source, File destination)
5. move(final File from, final File to, final boolean replace)
6. moveFile(File from, File to)
7. moveFile(File source, File destination)
8. moveFile(File src, File dest)
9. moveFile(final File srcFile, final File destFile)