Java Rename File rename(File from, File to)

Description

rename

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void rename(File from, File to) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright 2012 Jack Wang/*  w  ww.  ja  v a  2 s .c o m*/
 * 
 * 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
 * 
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * 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 {
    public static void rename(File from, File to) throws Exception {
        if (!from.exists()) {
            throw new Exception("Rename failed as " + from + " does not exists");
        }

        if (to.exists()) {
            throw new Exception("Rename failed as " + to + " already exists");
        }

        from.renameTo(to);
        for (int i = 0; from.exists() && !to.exists() && i < 20; i++) {
            from.renameTo(to);
            Thread.sleep(200);
        }

        if (!to.exists()) {
            throw new Exception("Unable to rename from " + from + " to " + to);
        }
    }
}

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