Java Utililty Methods Directory Copy

List of utility methods to do Directory Copy

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Description

The list of methods to do Directory Copy are organized into topic(s).

Method

voidcopyDirectory(File source, File destination, String endWith)
copy Directory 
if (source.exists() && source.isDirectory()) {
    if (!destination.exists()) {
        destination.mkdirs();
    File[] fileArray = source.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < fileArray.length; i++) {
        if (fileArray[i].isDirectory()) {
            copyDirectory(fileArray[i],
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voidcopyDirectory(File source, File target)
copy Directory 
if (!target.exists()) {
    target.mkdir();
for (String f : source.list()) {
    copy(new File(source, f), new File(target, f));
voidcopyDirectory(File source, File target)
copy the dirictory(include sub folders and files) from the source to the target, the copyed dirictory will be under the target. 
File tarpath = new File(target, source.getName());
if (source.isDirectory()) {
    tarpath.mkdir();
    File[] dir = source.listFiles();
    for (File element : dir) {
        copyDirectory(element, tarpath);
} else {
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voidcopyDirectory(File source, File target)
Copy the given source directory (and all its contents) to the given target directory. 
if (!target.exists()) {
    target.mkdirs();
File[] files = source.listFiles();
if (files == null) {
    return;
for (File sourceChild : files) {
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booleancopyDirectory(File source, File target)
Helper function used to copy the directory. 
if (!source.exists()) {
    return false;
if (source.isDirectory()) {
    if (!target.exists()) {
        target.mkdir();
    File[] listFile = source.listFiles();
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voidcopyDirectory(File source, File target)
copy Directory 
copyDirectory(source, target, Collections.<File>emptySet());
voidcopyDirectory(File source, File target)
Copies a directory. 
if (!target.exists() && !target.mkdirs())
    throw new IOException("The directory " + target + " could not be created.");
for (File sourceFile : listAllFiles(source)) {
    String path = computeFileRelativeLocation(source, sourceFile);
    File targetFile = new File(target, path);
    if (!targetFile.getParentFile().exists() && !targetFile.getParentFile().mkdirs())
        throw new IOException("The directory " + targetFile.getParentFile() + " could not be created.");
    copyStream(sourceFile, targetFile);
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voidcopyDirectory(File sourceDir, File destDir)
copy Directory 
if (!destDir.exists()) {
    destDir.mkdir();
File[] children = sourceDir.listFiles();
for (File sourceChild : children) {
    String name = sourceChild.getName();
    File destChild = new File(destDir, name);
    if (sourceChild.isDirectory()) {
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voidcopyDirectory(File sourceDir, File destDir)
Copy recursively one directory to another. 
if (sourceDir == null)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("sourceDir cannot be null");
if (destDir == null)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("destDir cannot be null");
if (!destDir.exists()) {
    if (destDir.mkdir() == false) {
        throw new IOException("Cannot create destination directory " + destDir.getAbsolutePath());
if (sourceDir.exists()) {
    File[] children = sourceDir.listFiles();
    if (children != null) {
        for (File sourceChild : children) {
            String name = sourceChild.getName();
            File destChild = new File(destDir, name);
            if (sourceChild.isDirectory()) {
                copyDirectory(sourceChild, destChild);
            } else {
                copyFile(sourceChild, destChild);
voidcopyDirectory(File sourceDir, File destinationDir)
copy Directory 
if (!sourceDir.isDirectory())
    throw new IOException("sourceDir is not a directory: sourceDir = " + sourceDir);
if (destinationDir.exists() && destinationDir.isFile())
    throw new IOException("destinationDir exists and is a file: destinationDir = " + destinationDir);
if (destinationDir.exists()) {
    destinationDir = new File(destinationDir, sourceDir.getName());
for (File file : sourceDir.listFiles()) {
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