Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import java.util.ArrayList; import android.accounts.OperationCanceledException; public class Main { /** * replaces a list of files with another list of files, indicated by names * @param originalList * @param newList * @return */ public static void replaceFiles(ArrayList<String> originalList, ArrayList<String> newList) throws UnsupportedOperationException, OperationCanceledException { if (originalList.size() != newList.size()) throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); else { String name = null; for (int i = 0, size = originalList.size(); i < size; i++) { name = originalList.get(i); File f = new File(name); File newF = new File(newList.get(i)); if (f.exists() && newF.exists()) { if (f.delete()) { File temp = new File(name); newF.renameTo(temp); } else { throw new OperationCanceledException("Delete failed"); } } else { throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Wrong lists of file names"); } } } } }