Java Utililty Methods Delete Directory

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Method

voiddeleteDirectoryContents(File directory)
Delete the files in directory. 
Preconditions.checkArgument(directory.isDirectory(), "Not a directory: %s", directory);
File[] files = directory.listFiles();
if (files == null) {
    throw new IOException("Error listing files for " + directory);
for (File file : files) {
    deleteRecursively(file);
voiddeleteDirectoryContents(File directory)
Same as calling #deleteDirectoryContents(File,boolean) deleteDirectoryContents(directory, false) . 
deleteDirectoryContents(directory, false);
voiddeleteDirectoryContents(File directory)
Wipes out all the a directory starting from a given directory. 
Preconditions.checkArgument(directory.isDirectory(), "Not a directory: %s", directory);
Deque<File> stack = Queues.newArrayDeque();
stack.add(directory);
while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
    File file = stack.peekLast();
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    if (files == null || files.length == 0) {
        file.delete();
...
voiddeleteDirectoryContents(File directory)
delete Directory Contents 
if (!directory.getCanonicalPath().equals(directory.getAbsolutePath())) {
File[] files = directory.listFiles();
if (files == null) {
    throw new IOException("Error listing files for " + directory);
for (File file : files) {
    deleteRecursively(file);
...
booleandeleteDirectoryContents(final File dir)
Recursively deletes all files and folders within the directory dir. 
if (dir == null || !dir.isDirectory()) {
    return false;
File[] files = dir.listFiles();
for (final File file : files) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        if (!deleteDirectory(file)) {
            return false;
...
voiddeleteDirectoryContents(final File dir, int deleteDirLevel, int level)
delete Directory Contents 
if ((dir == null) || !dir.isDirectory()) {
    return;
final File[] files = dir.listFiles();
if (files != null) {
    for (final File f : files) {
        if (f.isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectoryContents(f, deleteDirLevel, level + 1);
...
voiddeleteFiles(File dir)
Deletes all files in a directory, but leaving the directory otherwise unmodified. 
if (dir != null && dir.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = dir.listFiles();
    if (files != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            delete(files[i]);
voiddeleteFiles(File dir)
delete Files 
File[] files = dir.listFiles();
if (files == null)
    return; 
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    File file = files[i];
    if (file.isDirectory())
        deleteFiles(file);
    file.delete();
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voiddeleteFiles(File directory)
delete Files 
if (directory != null) {
    for (File file : directory.listFiles()) {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(file);
        if (!file.delete()) {
            file.deleteOnExit();
booleandeleteFiles(File directory)
Deletes all files and directories in the specified directory. 
boolean result = true;
if (directory.isDirectory()) {
    File[] list = directory.listFiles();
    for (int i = list.length; i-- > 0;) {
        File file = list[i];
        if (file.isFile()) {
            result = result && file.delete();
return result;