Java Delete Directory deleteDirectory(File directory)

Description

Deletes a directory recursively.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
directory	directory to delete

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	in case deletion is unsuccessful

Declaration

public static void deleteDirectory(File directory) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2011 MadRobot.//  w  w w  .  j a va2  s. c o  m
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License v2.1
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *  Elton Kent - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Deletes a directory recursively.
     * 
     * @param directory
     *            directory to delete
     * @throws IOException
     *             in case deletion is unsuccessful
     * @see FileUtils#recursiveDelete(File)
     */
    public static void deleteDirectory(File directory) throws IOException {
        if (!directory.exists()) {
            return;
        }
        if (!directory.delete()) {
            String message = "Unable to delete directory " + directory + ".";
            throw new IOException(message);
        }
    }
}

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