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java.nio.file
Enum StandardCopyOption

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<StandardCopyOption>
      java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<StandardCopyOption>, CopyOption

public enum StandardCopyOption
extends Enum<StandardCopyOption>
implements CopyOption

Defines the standard copy options.

Since:

1.7

Enum Constant and Description

ATOMIC_MOVE
Move the file as an atomic file system operation.

COPY_ATTRIBUTES
Copy attributes to the new file.

REPLACE_EXISTING
Replace an existing file if it exists.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static StandardCopyOption	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static StandardCopyOption[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

REPLACE_EXISTING

public static final StandardCopyOption REPLACE_EXISTING

Replace an existing file if it exists.

COPY_ATTRIBUTES

public static final StandardCopyOption COPY_ATTRIBUTES

Copy attributes to the new file.

ATOMIC_MOVE

public static final StandardCopyOption ATOMIC_MOVE

Move the file as an atomic file system operation.

Method Detail

values

public static StandardCopyOption[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (StandardCopyOption c : StandardCopyOption.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static StandardCopyOption valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null