Java Delete Empty Directory deleteEmptyChildren(java.io.File file)

Description

delete Empty Children

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean deleteEmptyChildren(java.io.File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Red Hat, Inc./*  w  w  w. ja  v  a2  s. c o m*/
 * Distributed under license by Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * This program is made available under the terms of the
 * Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    public static boolean deleteEmptyChildren(java.io.File file) {
        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;
    }

    public static boolean deleteEmptyFolders(java.io.File file) {
        boolean b = true;
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            java.io.File[] children = file.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
                b &= deleteEmptyFolders(children[i]);
            if (file.listFiles().length == 0)
                file.delete();
        }
        return b;
    }
}

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