Java Delete Directory deleteDirectoryContents(File directory)

Description

delete Directory Contents

License

Apache License

Declaration

static void deleteDirectoryContents(File directory) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w ww  .  ja v a  2s .  c  o  m*/
 * Copyright 2012 Anjuke 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
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    static void deleteDirectoryContents(File directory) throws IOException {
        if (!directory.getCanonicalPath().equals(
                directory.getAbsolutePath())) {
            // return;
        }
        File[] files = directory.listFiles();
        if (files == null) {
            throw new IOException("Error listing files for " + directory);
        }
        for (File file : files) {
            deleteRecursively(file);
        }
    }

    static void deleteRecursively(File file) throws IOException {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectoryContents(file);
        }
        if (!file.delete()) {
            throw new IOException("Failed to delete " + file);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. deleteDirectoryContent(final String strDir)
2. deleteDirectoryContents(File directory)
3. deleteDirectoryContents(File directory)
4. deleteDirectoryContents(File directory)
5. deleteDirectoryContents(File directory)
6. deleteDirectoryContents(final File dir)
7. deleteDirectoryContents(final File dir, int deleteDirLevel, int level)
8. deleteFiles(File dir)
9. deleteFiles(File dir)