What would be the most diffident way of file copying using java?

Question

I need to write a application to copy files(.jar,.xml,.sql,.exe) from different location to some specific location What would be the most efficient way of file copy using java?

Answer 1

Use java.nio.file.Files.File#copy which intoduced in java 7. Example -

Files.copy(source, target, REPLACE_EXISTING);

Answer 2

This is covered, in some detail, in Basic I/O tutorial