Added in API level 26

CopyOption

interface CopyOption

java.nio.file.CopyOption

Known Direct Subclasses

LinkOption, StandardCopyOption

LinkOption	Defines the options as to how symbolic links are handled.
StandardCopyOption	Defines the standard copy options.

Known Indirect Subclasses

LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS, StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE, StandardCopyOption.COPY_ATTRIBUTES, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING

LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS	Do not follow symbolic links.
StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE	Move the file as an atomic file system operation.
StandardCopyOption.COPY_ATTRIBUTES	Copy attributes to the new file.
StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING	Replace an existing file if it exists.

An object that configures how to copy or move a file.

Objects of this type may be used with the Files.copy(Path,Path,CopyOption...), Files.copy(InputStream,Path,CopyOption...) and Files.move(Path,Path,CopyOption...) methods to configure how a file is copied or moved.

The StandardCopyOption enumeration type defines the standard options.

Summary

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Last updated 2021-02-18 UTC.

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