Android File Rename rename(String oldName, String newName)

Description

Renames a file or directory.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
oldName	the original name of the file.
newName	the name the file should be renamed to.

Return

true if successful, false otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean rename(String oldName, String newName) 

Method Source Code

/*/*from  ww  w. j  av a  2  s  . c  o  m*/
Copyright 2008 Flaptor (flaptor.com) 

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
You may obtain a copy of the License at 

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.zip.CRC32;
import java.util.zip.Checksum;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

public class Main{
    /**
     * Renames a file or directory.
     * @param oldName the original name of the file.
     * @param newName the name the file should be renamed to.
     * @return true if successful, false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean rename(String oldName, String newName) {
        File fold = new File(oldName);
        File fnew = new File(newName);
        return fold.renameTo(fnew);
    }
}

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