Enum 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 Constants

Enum Constant 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.

Methods

Modifier and Type Method 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 declared in class java.lang.Enum

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

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constants

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.

Methods

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

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