Java Delete File if Exist deleteIfExists(final File file)

Description

delete If Exists

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static boolean deleteIfExists(final File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2017 Ericsson Telecom AB
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are 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
 ******************************************************************************/

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

public class Main {
    private static boolean deleteIfExists(final File file) {
        return file.exists() && !file.delete();
    }// w  w  w.  j  a  v a2s .co  m

    /**
     * Deletes a file.
     * @param file the file to delete
     * @throws IOException if the file cannot be deleted
     */
    public static void delete(final File file) throws IOException {
        if (deleteIfExists(file)) {
            throw new IOException("The file cannot be deleted: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
        }
    }
}

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