Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.io.File; public class Main { /** * Clean the custom directory. * * @param dirPath The path of directory. * @return {@code true}: success<br>{@code false}: fail */ public static boolean cleanCustomDir(final String dirPath) { return deleteFilesInDir(dirPath); } /** * Clean the custom directory. * * @param dir The directory. * @return {@code true}: success<br>{@code false}: fail */ public static boolean cleanCustomDir(final File dir) { return deleteFilesInDir(dir); } public static boolean deleteFilesInDir(final String dirPath) { return deleteFilesInDir(getFileByPath(dirPath)); } private static boolean deleteFilesInDir(final File dir) { if (dir == null) return false; // dir doesn't exist then return true if (!dir.exists()) return true; // dir isn't a directory then return false if (!dir.isDirectory()) return false; File[] files = dir.listFiles(); if (files != null && files.length != 0) { for (File file : files) { if (file.isFile()) { if (!file.delete()) return false; } else if (file.isDirectory()) { if (!deleteDir(file)) return false; } } } return true; } private static File getFileByPath(final String filePath) { return isSpace(filePath) ? null : new File(filePath); } private static boolean deleteDir(final File dir) { if (dir == null) return false; // dir doesn't exist then return true if (!dir.exists()) return true; // dir isn't a directory then return false if (!dir.isDirectory()) return false; File[] files = dir.listFiles(); if (files != null && files.length != 0) { for (File file : files) { if (file.isFile()) { if (!file.delete()) return false; } else if (file.isDirectory()) { if (!deleteDir(file)) return false; } } } return dir.delete(); } private static boolean isSpace(final String s) { if (s == null) return true; for (int i = 0, len = s.length(); i < len; ++i) { if (!Character.isWhitespace(s.charAt(i))) { return false; } } return true; } }