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 sourceLocation, File targetLocation)
copy Directory 
if (!sourceLocation.exists())
    throw new IOException("File does not exist: " + sourceLocation);
if (sourceLocation.isDirectory()) {
    if (!targetLocation.exists() && !targetLocation.mkdir())
        throw new IOException("Unable to create directory: " + targetLocation);
    for (String child : sourceLocation.list())
        copyDirectory(new File(sourceLocation, child), new File(targetLocation, child));
} else {
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voidcopyDirectory(File sourceLocation, File targetLocation)
copy Directory 
if (sourceLocation.isDirectory()) {
    if (!targetLocation.exists()) {
        targetLocation.mkdirs();
    String[] children = sourceLocation.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        copyDirectory(new File(sourceLocation, children[i]), new File(targetLocation, children[i]));
} else {
    InputStream in = new FileInputStream(sourceLocation);
    OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(targetLocation);
    byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
    int len;
    while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
        out.write(buf, 0, len);
    in.close();
    out.close();
voidcopyDirectory(File sourceLocation, File targetLocation)
Copy a directory recursively. 
if (sourceLocation.isDirectory()) {
    if (!targetLocation.exists() && !targetLocation.mkdir()) {
        throw new IOException("Can not create temp. directory.");
    String[] children = sourceLocation.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; ++i) {
        copyDirectory(new File(sourceLocation, children[i]), new File(targetLocation, children[i]));
} else {
    copyFile(sourceLocation, targetLocation);
voidcopyDirectory(File sourceLocation, File targetLocation)
copy Directory 
copyDirectory(sourceLocation, targetLocation, null);
voidcopyDirectory(File sourceLocation, File targetLocation, boolean overwrite)
Copy a file or directory to another. 
if (sourceLocation.isDirectory()) {
    if (!targetLocation.exists()) {
        boolean created = targetLocation.mkdirs();
        if (!created) {
            System.out.println("FileUtil copyDirectory ERROR couldn't mkdirs:" + targetLocation);
            return;
    String[] children = sourceLocation.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        copyDirectory(new File(sourceLocation, children[i]), new File(targetLocation, children[i]),
                overwrite);
} else if (overwrite || !targetLocation.exists()) {
    InputStream in = new FileInputStream(sourceLocation);
    OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(targetLocation);
    byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
    int len;
    while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
        out.write(buf, 0, len);
    in.close();
    out.close();
    if (sourceLocation.canExecute())
        targetLocation.setExecutable(true);
voidcopyDirectory(File sourceLocation, File targetLocation, int bufferSize)
Copy directory. 
if (sourceLocation.isDirectory()) {
    if (!targetLocation.exists()) {
        targetLocation.mkdir();
    String[] children = sourceLocation.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        copyDirectory(new File(sourceLocation, children[i]), new File(targetLocation, children[i]),
                bufferSize);
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voidcopyDirectory(File sourceLocation, File targetLocation, String[] fileExtensions)
Copies the directory from the source location to the target one if fileExtensions is null all subsequent files will be copied 
try {
    if (sourceLocation.isDirectory()) {
        if (!targetLocation.exists()) {
            org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert.isTrue(targetLocation.mkdir());
        String[] children = sourceLocation.list();
        for (String child : children) {
            boolean eligibleByExtension = false;
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