public static void move(Path source, Path target) throws IOException { class FileMover extends SimpleFileVisitor<Path> { private Path source; private Path target; private FileMover(Path source, Path target) { this.source = source; this.target = target; } @Override public FileVisitResult visitFile(final Path file, final BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException { Path newFile = target.resolve(source.relativize(file)); Files.move(file, newFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING); return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE; } @Override public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(final Path dir, final BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException { Path newDir = target.resolve(source.relativize(dir)); try { Files.copy(dir, newDir, StandardCopyOption.COPY_ATTRIBUTES, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING); } catch (DirectoryNotEmptyException e) { // ignore and skip } return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE; } @Override public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(final Path dir, final IOException exc) throws IOException { Path newDir = target.resolve(source.relativize(dir)); FileTime time = Files.getLastModifiedTime(dir); Files.setLastModifiedTime(newDir, time); Files.delete(dir); return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE; } } FileMover fm = new FileMover(source, target); EnumSet<FileVisitOption> opts = EnumSet.of(FileVisitOption.FOLLOW_LINKS); Files.walkFileTree(source, opts, Integer.MAX_VALUE, fm); }
Recursively Move a Directory
Posted on 01/09/2019
This article shows one effective implementation that follows the Visitor Pattern to recursively move a directory using Java NIO library.