Java File Rename renameFile(String currentPath, String newPath)

Description

Renames a file

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
currentPath	currentPath/name of file
newPath	new Path/name of file

Return

true if file was renamed, otherwise false

Declaration

public static boolean renameFile(String currentPath, String newPath) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: LGPL 

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**//from  www.j  av  a2  s. c  om
     * Renames a file
     * 
     * @param currentPath
     *            currentPath/name of file
     * @param newPath
     *            new Path/name of file
     * @return true if file was renamed, otherwise false
     */
    public static boolean renameFile(String currentPath, String newPath) {
        boolean succeeded = false;
        try {
            File currentFile = new File(currentPath);
            if (currentFile.exists()) {
                File newFile = new File(newPath);
                succeeded = currentFile.renameTo(newFile);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return succeeded;
    }

    /**
     * Determines whether specified path exists
     * 
     * @param path
     * @return true if exists
     */
    public static boolean exists(String path) {
        File file = new File(path);
        return file.exists();
    }
}

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