Java 17 Recipes

8-7. Moving a File
 Problem
You need to move a file from one file system location to another.
 Solution
You use the default 
java.nio.file
.FileSystem abstract class to create the “to” and “from” 
paths, and invoke the Files.move() static method.
public static void main (String[] args) {
Ch_8_7_MoveFileExample exampleCh87 = new Ch_8_7_MoveFileExample();
exampleCh87.moveFile();
}
private void moveFile() {
FileSystem fileSystem = FileSystems.getDefault();
Path sourcePath = fileSystem.getPath("file.log");
Path targetPath = fileSystem.getPath("file2.log");
System.out.println("Copy from "+sourcePath.toAbsolutePath().
toString()+ " to "+targetPath.toAbsolutePath().toString());
try {
Files.move(sourcePath, targetPath);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
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 How It Works
In the same manner as copying a file, create the source and destination path. Then, 
Files.move moves the file from one location to another for you. Other methods provided 
by the Files object are the following.
• Delete (path): Deletes a file (or a folder, if it’s empty).
• Exists (path): Checks whether a file/folder exists.
• isDirectory (path): Checks whether the path created points to a 
directory.
• isExecutable (path): Checks whether the file is an executable.
• isHidden (path): Checks whether the file is visible or hidden in the 
operating system.
You can work with the Delete and Exist methods with the following main method.
public static void main (String[] args) {
FileSystem fileSystem = FileSystems.getDefault();
Path deletePath = fileSystem.getPath("deletePath");
System.out.println("Path to delete:"+deletePath.
toAbsolutePath().toString());
System.out.println("Exist Path to delete? "+Files.
exists(deletePath));
try {
Files.delete(deletePath);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
The output is:
Path to delete:C:\eclipse-workspace\java17Recipes\deletePath
Exist Path to delete? true
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