Enum Class StandardCopyOption

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<StandardCopyOption>

java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Comparable<StandardCopyOption>, Constable, CopyOption

public enum StandardCopyOption extends Enum<StandardCopyOption> implements CopyOption

Defines the standard copy options.

Since:: 1.7

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces declared in class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

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.

Method Summary

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

Methods declared in class Enum

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

Methods declared in class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

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 Details

values

public static StandardCopyOption[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:: an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static StandardCopyOption valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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 class has no constant with the specified name; NullPointerException - if the argument is null

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