Java Utililty Methods Delete Empty Directory

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booleandeleteEmptyChildren(java.io.File file)
delete Empty Children 
boolean b = true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    java.io.File[] children = file.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
        b &= deleteEmptyFolders(children[i]);
return b;
booleandeleteEmptyDir(File directory)
delete Empty Dir 
if (directory.exists() && directory.isDirectory() && directory.list() != null
        && directory.list().length == 0) {
    return directory.delete();
return false;
voiddeleteEmptyDir(File file)
delete Empty Dir 
if (!file.exists() || file.isFile()) {
    return;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    if (file.list().length == 0) {
        file.delete();
    } else {
        for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
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intdeleteEmptyDirectories(List dirs)
Deletes empty directories recursively. 
int dirsDeleted = 0;
boolean success = false;
File dir;
for (Iterator<File> dirIter = dirs.iterator(); dirIter.hasNext();) {
    dir = dirIter.next();
    if ((dir != null) && dir.exists() && (dir.list().length == 0)) {
        success = dir.delete();
        if (success) {
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voiddeleteEmptyDirectory(File fileOrDirectory)
delete Empty Directory 
if (fileOrDirectory.isDirectory()) {
    if (fileOrDirectory.list().length == 0) {
        fileOrDirectory.delete();
voiddeleteEmptyDirectoryRecursive(File directory)
Deletes an empty directory, including all parent directories that are also empty, stopping at the first non-empty parent. 
if ((directory != null) && directory.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = directory.listFiles();
    if ((files == null) || (files.length == 0)) {
        if (!directory.delete())
            throw new IOException("Could not delete empty directory: " + directory);
        deleteEmptyDirectoryRecursive(directory.getParentFile());
booleandeleteEmptyDirectoryRecursive(File directory)
delete Empty Directory Recursive 
String canonicalParent;
try {
    canonicalParent = directory.getCanonicalPath();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
    return false;
if (!directory.isDirectory()) {
    return false;
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voiddeleteEmptyDirs(File dir)
delete Empty Dirs 
File[] files = dir.listFiles();
if (files != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i += 1) {
        deleteEmptyDirs(files[i]);
    dir.getCanonicalFile().delete();
voiddeleteEmptyDirs(File dir)
Deletes all empty directories in a directory, but leaves the directory itself unmodified. 
File[] files = dir.listFiles();
if (files != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            deleteEmptyDirs(files[i]);
            File[] subfiles = files[i].listFiles();
            if (subfiles == null || subfiles.length == 0) {
                delete(files[i]);
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voiddeleteEmptyFiles(String p)
delete Empty Files 
File path = new File(p);
File[] files = path.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    if (files[i].length() == 0) {
        files[i].delete();