Rename file onto another in java

Question

I have a file I need to rename to that of an existing file. This is a copy, modify, replace original operation on an existing JAR file. I\'ve got the first two steps done, I

Answer 1

You're going to need to create two java.io.File objects: one for the new file, one for the old file.

Lets call these oldFile and newFile.

oldFile.delete()
newFile.renameTo(oldFile);

Edit: mmyers beat me to it.