[IO-778] FileUtils.copyFile(File srcFile, File destFile): Missing IllegalArgumentException in Javadoc

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.11.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.12.0
• Component/s: Utilities
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Rainer Hochreiter
• Created: 04/Aug/22 06:48
• Updated: 28/Jun/23 13:19
• Resolved: 25/Apr/23 20:30

Description

Method FileUtils.copyFile(File srcFile, File destFile) throws  IllegalArgumentException, when called with identical files. This is not documented in Javadoc.

The IllegalArgumentException is thrown by FileUtils.requireCanonicalPathsNotEquals(File file1, File file2) in FileUtils.copyFile(File srcFile, File destFile, final CopyOption... copyOptions).