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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC."],[],[],null,["# CopyOption\n\nAdded in [API level 26](/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels) \nSummary: \n\nCopyOption\n==========\n\n\n`\npublic\n\n\ninterface\nCopyOption\n`\n\n\n`\n\n\n`\n\n|--------------------------|\n| java.nio.file.CopyOption |\n\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| Known indirect subclasses [LinkOption](/reference/java/nio/file/LinkOption), [StandardCopyOption](/reference/java/nio/file/StandardCopyOption) |-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------| | [LinkOption](/reference/java/nio/file/LinkOption) | Defines the options as to how symbolic links are handled. | | [StandardCopyOption](/reference/java/nio/file/StandardCopyOption) | Defines the standard copy options. | |\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nAn object that configures how to copy or move a file.\n\nObjects of this type may be used with the [Files.copy(Path,Path,CopyOption...)](/reference/java/nio/file/Files#copy(java.nio.file.Path,%20java.nio.file.Path,%20java.nio.file.CopyOption[])),\n[Files.copy(InputStream,Path,CopyOption...)](/reference/java/nio/file/Files#copy(java.io.InputStream,%20java.nio.file.Path,%20java.nio.file.CopyOption[])) and [Files.move(Path,Path,CopyOption...)](/reference/java/nio/file/Files#move(java.nio.file.Path,%20java.nio.file.Path,%20java.nio.file.CopyOption[])) methods to configure how a file is\ncopied or moved.\n\nThe [StandardCopyOption](/reference/java/nio/file/StandardCopyOption) enumeration type defines the\n*standard* options."]]
