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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;

Renames a file.
Deprecated:The rename task is deprecated since Ant 1.2. Use move instead.
Since:Ant 1.1
/** * Renames a file. * * @deprecated The rename task is deprecated since Ant 1.2. Use move instead. * @since Ant 1.1 */
@Deprecated public class Rename extends Task { private static final FileUtils FILE_UTILS = FileUtils.getFileUtils(); private File src; private File dest; private boolean replace = true;
Sets the file to be renamed.
Params:
  • src – the file to rename
/** * Sets the file to be renamed. * @param src the file to rename */
public void setSrc(File src) { this.src = src; }
Sets the new name of the file.
Params:
  • dest – the new name of the file.
/** * Sets the new name of the file. * @param dest the new name of the file. */
public void setDest(File dest) { this.dest = dest; }
Sets whether an existing file should be replaced.
Params:
  • replace – on, if an existing file should be replaced.
/** * Sets whether an existing file should be replaced. * @param replace <code>on</code>, if an existing file should be replaced. */
public void setReplace(String replace) { this.replace = Project.toBoolean(replace); }
Renames the file src to dest
Throws:
  • BuildException – if the rename operation fails
/** * Renames the file <code>src</code> to <code>dest</code> * * @throws BuildException if the rename operation fails */
public void execute() throws BuildException { log("DEPRECATED - The rename task is deprecated. Use move instead."); if (dest == null) { throw new BuildException("dest attribute is required", getLocation()); } if (src == null) { throw new BuildException("src attribute is required", getLocation()); } if (!replace && dest.exists()) { throw new BuildException(dest + " already exists."); } try { FILE_UTILS.rename(src, dest); } catch (IOException e) { throw new BuildException("Unable to rename " + src + " to " + dest, e, getLocation()); } } }