Android File Delete deleteFile(File file)

Description

Convenience method that will call delete() on file and if that fails will call file.deleteOnExit() scheduling the file for deletion upon normal server exit.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the <code>File</code> to delete

Return

true if file was immediately deleted and false otherwise

Declaration

public static boolean deleteFile(File file)

Method Source Code

/*//from   w ww.  ja  v a  2 s. c o  m
    Copyright 1996-2008 Ariba, Inc.

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at
        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.

    $Id: //ariba/platform/util/core/ariba/util/core/FileUtil.java#24 $
 */

import ariba.util.log.Log;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.List;

public class Main{
    /**
        Convenience method that will call <code>delete()</code> on
        <code>file</code> and if that fails will call <code>file.deleteOnExit()</code>
        scheduling the file for deletion upon normal server exit. <p/>

        @param file the <code>File</code> to delete
        @return <code>true</code> if <code>file</code> was immediately deleted and
                <code>false</code> otherwise
        @aribaapi ariba
     */
    public static boolean deleteFile(File file) {
        boolean result = file.delete();
        if (!result) {
            Log.util.warning(8498, file);
            file.deleteOnExit();
        }
        return result;
    }
    /**
        Deletes the file identified by <code>toDelete</code>. <p/>

        @throws FileDeletionException if <code>toDelete</code> cannot be deleted
        @aribaapi ariba
     */
    public static void delete(File toDelete) throws FileDeletionException {
        if (!toDelete.delete()) {
            throw new FileDeletionException(toDelete);
        }
        // Note: sometimes the delete is successful but the
        // file still exists on the disk.  And it seems that calling
        // 'exists' can help complete the first 'delete' operation.
        if (toDelete.exists()) {
            Log.util.warning(8806, toDelete);
            throw new FileDeletionException(toDelete);
        }
    }
}