java IO to copy one File to another

Question

I have two Java.io.File objects file1 and file2. I want to copy the contents from file1 to file2. Is there an standard way to do this without me having to create a method th

Answer 1

In Java 7 you can use Files.copy() and very important is: Do not forget to close the OutputStream after creating the new file.

OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(targetFile);
Files.copy(Paths.get(sourceFile), os);
os.close();