Project 4

Julio Martinez
5.24.2015

OUTPUT: First Run

run:
Enter the name of the existing file: newFile.txt
Enter the name of the new file: monkey.txt
newFile.txt does not exist.
Exiting program.
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 23 seconds)

OUTPUT: Second Run

run:
Enter the name of the existing file: myFile.txt
Enter the name of the new file: myNewMonkeyFile.txt
Copying myFile.txt into myNewMonkeyFile.txt
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 22 seconds)

OUTPUT: Third Run

run:
Enter the name of the existing file: myFile.txt
Enter the name of the new file: myNewMonkeyFile.txt
myNewMonkeyFile.txt already exists
Choose from one of the following choices:
1 Exit the program
2 Overwrite the existing file
3 Enter a new name for the file
Enter a Number: 1
Exiting Program
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 22 seconds)

OUTPUT: Fourth Run

run:
Enter the name of the existing file: myFile.txt
Enter the name of the new file: myNewMonkeyFile.txt
myNewMonkeyFile.txt already exists
Choose from one of the following choices:
1 Exit the program
2 Overwrite the existing file
3 Enter a new name for the file
Enter a Number: 2
Overwriting myNewMonkeyFile.txt
Copying myFile.txt into myNewMonkeyFile.txt
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 22 seconds)

OUTPUT: Fifth Run

run:
Enter the name of the existing file: myFile.txt
Enter the name of the new file: myNewMonkeyFile.txt
myNewMonkeyFile.txt already exists
Choose from one of the following choices:
1 Exit the program
2 Overwrite the existing file
3 Enter a new name for the file
Enter a Number: 3
Enter a new name for the file: yetAnotherFile.txt
Copying myFile.txt into yetAnotherFile.txt
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 27 seconds)

SOURCE CODE

package p r o j e c t 4 ;
import
import
import
import

java .
java .
java .
java .

u t i l . Scanner ;
i o . FileNotFoundException ;
io . PrintWriter ;
io . File ;

/
Purpose : Copy e x i s t i n g t e x t f i l e t o a new f i l e
Date o f l a s t r e v i s i o n : May . 2 4 . 2 0 1 5
@version Project 4 c l a s s
@author J u l i o M a r t i n e z
/
public c l a s s P r o j e c t 4 {

public s t a t i c void main ( S t r i n g [ ] a r g s )

{
/Part ( 1 )
Prompts u s e r t o i n p u t e x i s t i n g f i l e and
new f i l e t o be c o p i e d t o
/
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner ( System . i n ) ;
System . out . p r i n t ( Enter t h e name o f t h e e x i s t i n g f i l e : ) ;
S t r i n g f i l e N a m e = keyboard . n e x t L i n e ( ) ;
System . out . p r i n t ( Enter t h e name o f t h e new f i l e : ) ;
S t r i n g newFileName = keyboard . n e x t L i n e ( ) ;
System . out . p r i n t l n ( ) ;
// C r e a t e s F i l e o b j e c t f o r e x i s t i n g f i l e
F i l e f i l e O b j e c t = new F i l e ( f i l e N a m e ) ;
/Part ( 2 )
Checks f o r e x i s t e n c e o f o r i g i n a l f i l e
and c h e c k s i f o r i g i n a l f i l e i s r e a d a b l e
I f e i t h e r d o e s not pass , program i s a b o r t e d
O t h e r w i s e t h e program c o n t i n u e s

/
if (! fileObject . exists ())
{
System . out . p r i n t l n ( f i l e N a m e +
System . out . p r i n t l n ( \ n E x i t i n g
System . e x i t ( 0 ) ;
}
e l s e i f ( ! f i l e O b j e c t . canRead ( ) )
{
System . out . p r i n t l n ( f i l e N a m e +
System . out . p r i n t l n ( \ n E x i t i n g
System . e x i t ( 0 ) ;
}

d o e s not e x i s t . ) ;
program . ) ;

i s not r e a d a b l e . ) ;
program . ) ;

// C r e a t e s F i l e o b j e c t f o r t h e new f i l e
F i l e n e w F i l e O b j e c t = new F i l e ( newFileName ) ;
// While l o o p b e l o w w i l l s t o p running when ( s t o p == t r u e )
boolean s t o p = f a l s e ;
/Part ( 3 )
Checks f o r e x i s t e n c e o f new f i l e t o c r e a t e / copy t o
i f t h e new f i l e a l r e a d y e x i s t s t h e program g i v e s t h e
3 d ir ec t ed options to user
/
while ( ! s t o p )
{
// i f f i l e e x i s t s t h i s prompts t h e u s e r t o s e l e c t 1 ,2 or 3
i f ( newFileObject . e x i s t s ( ) )
{
System . out . p r i n t l n ( newFileName + a l r e a d y e x i s t s ) ;
System . out . p r i n t l n ( \ nChoose from one o f t h e f o l l o w i n g
+ choices : );
System . out . p r i n t l n ( 1
E x i t t h e program ) ;
System . out . p r i n t l n ( 2
Overwrite the e x i s t i n g f i l e ) ;
System . out . p r i n t l n ( 3
Enter a new name f o r t h e f i l e ) ;
System . out . p r i n t ( \ nEnter a Number : ) ;
// t a k e s i n p u t 1 ,2 or , 3 from u s e r
int c h o i c e = keyboard . n e x t I n t ( ) ;
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// 3 O p t i o n s v i a a s w i t c h s t a t e m e n t
switch ( c h o i c e )
{
case 1 :
{
System . out . p r i n t l n ( \ n E x i t i n g Program ) ;
System . e x i t ( 0 ) ;
break ;
}
case 2 :
{
System . out . p r i n t l n ( \ n O v e r w r i t i n g
+ newFileName ) ;
// s e t s t o p t o t r u e t o s t o p running w h i l e l o o p
s t o p = true ;
break ;
}
case 3 :
{
keyboard . n e x t L i n e ( ) ;
System . out . p r i n t ( \ nEnter a new name f o r t h e
+ file : );
newFileName = keyboard . n e x t L i n e ( ) ;
n e w F i l e O b j e c t = new F i l e ( newFileName ) ;
break ;
/ s t o p i s s t i l l f a l s e , so t h i s c h e c k s a g a i n
i f f i l e e x i s t s /
}
}
}
else
{
/ I f we e n t e r t h e e l s e c a s e t h e n t h i s means
t h e f i l e d o e s not e x i s t , so we s e t s t o p t o t r u e
t o e x i t t h e w h i l e l o o p and c o n t i n u e on /
s t o p = true ;
}
}
/ S i n c e we have r e a c h e d t h i s p o i n t , we a r e r e a d y t o
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 copy e x i s t i n g f i l e t o new f i l e , so we inform t h e u s e r

/
System . out . p r i n t l n ( Copying + f i l e N a m e + i n t o +
newFileName ) ;
/Part ( 4 ) C r e a t e s / O v e r w r i t e s and Opens New F i l e
/
P r i n t W r i t e r outputStream = null ;
try
{
outputStream = new P r i n t W r i t e r ( newFileName ) ;
}
catch ( FileNotFoundException e )
{
System . out . p r i n t l n ( E r r o r o p e n i n g t h e f i l e + newFileName ) ;
System . e x i t ( 0 ) ;
}
/Part ( 5 ) Opens and Connects t o O r i g i n a l F i l e f o r Reading
/
Scanner inputStream = null ;
try
{
inputStream = new Scanner ( f i l e O b j e c t ) ;
}
catch ( FileNotFoundException e )
{
System . out . p r i n t l n ( E r r o r o p e n i n g t h e f i l e + f i l e N a m e ) ;
System . e x i t ( 0 ) ;
}
/Part ( 6 ) c o p i e s t h e o r i g i n a l f i l e t o t h e new f i l e
/
while ( inputStream . hasNextLine ( ) )
{
S t r i n g l i n e = inputStream . n e x t L i n e ( ) ;
outputStream . p r i n t l n ( l i n e ) ;
}
/Part ( 7 ) we make s u r e we c l o s e t h e i n p u t and
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 o u t p u t stream i n s t e a d o f a l l o w i n g a d e f a u l t c l o s e
/
inputStream . c l o s e ( ) ;
outputStream . c l o s e ( ) ;
}
}

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