Java copying files to a new path doesn´t work

Question

I have another question. Right now I am writing a little program, which runs on my pc and on my laptop. These two programs communicate with each other. I can write Strings (like a chat) and I want to send files. This little chat works, but the files are making problems right now. Which makes me a little bit wondering, because I got it already running some days ago. But now it isn't working (can't remember that I changed important things). Unfortunately I cant undo because Eclipse was already closed.

So I was looking for the mistake but I couldn't find it since hours. I hope you can help me.

Situation:

I choose a file at my pc/laptop and send it to my laptop/pc (I send the text [Strings] on the same way as the files and it works). The receiver shall save the file at a directory (targetPath - it is defined somewhere else in the code. It is a folder on my desktop). So I get the file as an Object from a "ObjectInputStream" and cast it as a "File":

 if(msg instanceof File){ //msg is the object I got from the ObjectInputStream
                        //its a file
                        model.copyFileTo((File) msg);
}

this is the method which makes trouble:

    public void copyFileTo(File file) throws IOException{
            System.out.println(file.getName());//this is just a test and it works. It prints out the name of the sended file
    if(targetPath.toFile().exists()){
        if(file.exists()){
            Path temp = Paths.get(targetPath+"/"+file.getName());
            if(!temp.toFile().exists()){
                Files.copy( file.toPath(), temp,  StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
                System.out.println("copied");
            }else{
                System.out.println("File already exists");
            }
        }else{
            System.out.println("File doesnt exists");
        }
    }else{
        System.out.println("targetPath doesnt exists!");
    }
}

I do not become an error, but it prints "File doesn't exists", so something at "if(file.exists())" goes wrong. If I cut this part out the program hangs up at Files.copy(...), which I know because it doesn't print out "copied".

Answer 1

On the source system, you'd do something like this (Java 7):

Path path = Paths.get("C:\\MyFolder", "MyFile.bin");
byte[] fileContent = Files.readAllBytes(path);
// send fileContent to target system

On the target system, you'd do:

// receive fileContent from source system
Path path = Paths.get("C:\\Where\\To\\Store\\File", "MyFile.bin");
Files.write(path, fileContent);

In Java 6 or lower, you'd use a File object instead of the Path object and copy bytes yourself.

Answer 2

I followed the advice of Andreas

On the source system, you'd do something like this (Java 7):

Path path = Paths.get("C:\\MyFolder", "MyFile.bin");
byte[] fileContent = Files.readAllBytes(path);
// send fileContent to target system

On the target system, you'd do:

Path path = Paths.get("C:\\Where\\To\\Store\\File", "MyFile.bin");
Files.write(path, fileContent);

In Java 6 or lower, you'd use a File object instead of the Path object and copy bytes yourself.

I just want to write down my code for other people:

This part is called when i recived an input:

 if(msg instanceof Message){// Message is a self made class wich contains the byte[] as an object and the File/Path as an Object #
                        model.copyFileTo((byte[]) ((ChatMessage)msg).getMessage(), (File)((ChatMessage)msg).getName());
 }

the method:

    public void copyFileTo(byte[] bytes, File file) throws IOException{
    if(targetPath.toFile().exists()){
            Path temp = Paths.get(targetPath+"/"+file.getName());
            if(!temp.toFile().exists()){
                Files.write(temp, bytes);
                System.out.println("Wurde kopiert");
            }else{
                System.out.println("File already exists");
            }
    }else{
        System.out.println("targetPath doesnt exists!");
    }
}

Thanks to Andreas.