How to use FileUtils IO correctly?

Question

I tried to use method (credits to Shenyuan Lu ):

org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyURLToFile(URL, File)

Precisely:

org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyURLToFile(driver.getCurrentUrl(), "C:\\Users\\myDocs\\myfolder\myFile.pdf");

However,Eclipse is underlining the copyURLToFile and suggesting to use copyFile. When I switch to copyFile, it suggests to use copyURLToFile again???

haha, you are on a question spree.. – ddavison Sep 27 '13 at 20:11 — ddavison, Sep 27 '13 at 20:11
thank you for constant help :) +100 – Buras Sep 27 '13 at 20:18 — Buras, Sep 27 '13 at 20:18

ddavison · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-27T20:20:13.383

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According to the FileUtils#copyURLToFile() API...

The first parameter needs to be a URL object, and the second parameter needs to be a File Object. You are passing Strings as both args. Try...

org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyURLToFile(new URL(driver.getCurrentUrl()), new File("C:\\Users\\myDocs\\myfolder\\myFile.pdf"));

Also, since this method throws an exception, you either need to make your method throw an exception, or surround the statement in a try {} catch{} block.

e.g.

try {
    org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyURLToFile(new URL(driver.getCurrentUrl()), new File("C:\\Users\\myDocs\\myfolder\\myFile.pdf"));
} catch (Exception x) { x.printStackTrace(); }

edited Sep 27 '13 at 20:20

answered Sep 27 '13 at 20:14

ddavison

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Thank You. I tried this. However, Eclipse is still underlining the `copyURLToFile` – Buras Sep 27 '13 at 20:17
what does it say in particular? – ddavison Sep 27 '13 at 20:22
edited again... copy and paste that last part. should be golden. – ddavison Sep 27 '13 at 20:24
although it saves .pdf, the file is damaged. Do you know it happenes? – Buras Sep 27 '13 at 20:30
i havn't the foggiest.. might need to open a new question. – ddavison Sep 27 '13 at 20:31

How to use FileUtils IO correctly?

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