Java FileChannel Copy copyFile(String source, String target)

Description

Copies source file to target.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	source file to copy.
target	destination to copy to.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	when unable to copy.

Return

target as File.

Declaration

public static File copyFile(String source, String target) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

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

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;

public class Main {
    /**/* ww  w.  ja va  2s .  c  om*/
     * Copies source file to target.
     * @param source source file to copy.
     * @param target destination to copy to.
     * @return target as File.
     * @throws IOException when unable to copy.
     */
    public static File copyFile(String source, String target) throws IOException {
        FileChannel inputChannel = null;
        FileChannel outputChannel = null;
        try {
            inputChannel = new FileInputStream(source).getChannel();
            outputChannel = new FileOutputStream(target).getChannel();
            outputChannel.transferFrom(inputChannel, 0, inputChannel.size());
        } finally {
            if (inputChannel != null) {
                inputChannel.close();
            }
            if (outputChannel != null) {
                outputChannel.close();
            }
        }
        return new File(target);
    }
}

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