Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright 2014 Zhenguo Jin * <p/> * 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 * <p/> * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * <p/> * 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.File; public class Main { private static final String FILENAME_REGIX = "^[^\\/?\"*:<>\\]{1,255}$"; public static boolean renameFile(File file, String newFileName) { if (newFileName.matches(FILENAME_REGIX)) { File newFile = null; if (file.isDirectory()) { newFile = new File(file.getParentFile(), newFileName); } else { String temp = newFileName + file.getName().substring(file.getName().lastIndexOf('.')); newFile = new File(file.getParentFile(), temp); } if (file.renameTo(newFile)) { return true; } } return false; } }