Java Utililty Methods Delete Directory

List of utility methods to do Delete Directory

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Method

booleandeleteDirectory(File directory)
delete Directory 
if (directory.isDirectory()) {
    File[] fileList = directory.listFiles();
    if (fileList != null) {
        for (File file : fileList) {
            deleteDirectory(file);
return directory.delete();
booleandeleteDirectory(File directory)
Recursively deletes a directory and everything under it. 
boolean globalSuccess = true;
boolean success;
if (directory.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = directory.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        success = deleteDirectory(new File(directory, children[i]));
        globalSuccess = success && globalSuccess;
success = directory.delete();
globalSuccess = success && globalSuccess;
return globalSuccess;
voiddeleteDirectory(File directory)
delete directory 
cleanDirectory(directory);
directory.delete();
voiddeleteDirectory(File directory)
delete Directory 
if (directory.getPath().length() <= 4) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Path length is too short");
for (File file : directory.listFiles()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        deleteDirectory(file);
    } else {
        boolean success = file.delete();
...
voiddeleteDirectory(File directory)
Deletes a directory recursively. 
if (!directory.exists()) {
    return;
cleanDirectory(directory);
if (!directory.delete()) {
    throw new IOException("Unable to delete directory: " + directory);
booleandeleteDirectory(File directory)
Delete one directory include sub-dirs and sub-files. 
if (!directory.exists())
    return true;
if (directory.isFile()) {
    return directory.delete();
File[] files = directory.listFiles();
boolean finalSuccess = true;
if (files != null) {
...
booleandeleteDirectory(File directory)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3775694/deleting-folder-from-java 
if (directory.exists()) {
    File[] files = directory.listFiles();
    if (null != files) {
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
                deleteDirectory(files[i]);
            } else {
                if (!files[i].delete())
...
booleandeleteDirectory(File directory)
Delete the given directory along with all files and sub directories. 
if (directory.isDirectory()) {
    for (File f : directory.listFiles()) {
        boolean success = deleteDirectory(f);
        if (!success) {
            return false;
return directory.delete();
voiddeleteDirectory(File directory)
delete Directory 
if (!directory.exists())
    return;
cleanDirectory(directory);
if (!directory.delete()) {
    String message = "Unable to delete directory " + directory + ".";
    throw new IOException(message);
} else {
    return;
...
voiddeleteDirectory(File directory)
Deletes directory and its content 
for (File file : directory.listFiles()) {
    if (file.isDirectory())
        deleteDirectory(file);
    else
        file.delete();
directory.delete();