Java Delete Directory deleteFiles(File[] files)

Description

Delete the files and folders passed as parameter.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
files	The name of the files to be deleted.

Return

True if any file was deleted. False otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean deleteFiles(File[] files) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**/* w  w  w. ja va  2s  .c  om*/
     * Delete the files and folders passed as parameter. It is recursive, so it deletes the files
     * included in the subfolders.
     * 
     * @param files The name of the files to be deleted.
     * @return <i>True</i> if any file was deleted. <i>False</i> otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean deleteFiles(File[] files) {
        boolean result = true;
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
                result = deleteFiles(files[i].listFiles()) && files[i].delete();
            } else {
                if (files[i].exists()) {
                    result = files[i].delete();
                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Delete the files and folders passed as parameter..
     * 
     * @param files The name of the files to be deleted.
     * @return <i>True</i> if any file was deleted. <i>False</i> otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean deleteFiles(String[] files) {
        boolean result = true;
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            File file = new File(files[i]);
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                result = deleteFiles(file.list()) && file.delete();
            } else {
                if (file.exists() && file.canWrite()) {
                    result = file.delete();
                }
            }
            file = null;
        }
        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. deleteFiles(File f, boolean del_self)
2. deleteFiles(File file)
3. deleteFiles(File folder)
4. deleteFiles(File folder)
5. deleteFiles(File parent, boolean incParent)
6. deleteFiles(File[] files)
7. deleteFiles(File[] intermediateFiles)
8. deleteFiles(FileFilter filter)
9. deleteFiles(final ArrayList files)