Java Delete File Recursively deleteRecursively(File directory)

Description

Recursively delete directories and files.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void deleteRecursively(File directory) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**/*from w w  w .  jav  a  2s  .  c  o m*/
     * Recursively delete directories and files. This method ignores the return
     * value of delete(), i.e. if anything fails, some files might still exist.
     */
    public static void deleteRecursively(File directory) {

        if (directory == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Directory may not be null.");
        } else if (directory.listFiles() == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(directory.getAbsolutePath() + " is not a valid directory.");
        }

        for (File entry : directory.listFiles()) {
            if (entry.isDirectory()) {
                deleteRecursively(entry);
            }
            entry.delete();
        }
        directory.delete();
    }
}

Related

1. deleteRecursiveDir(File directory)
2. deleteRecursiveDirectories(String mainDir)
3. deleteRecursiveDirectory(String dirName)
4. deleteRecursiveFileDir(File dir)
5. deleteRecursively(File dir)
6. deleteRecursively(File dirEntry)
7. deleteRecursively(File f)
8. deleteRecursively(File f)
9. deleteRecursively(File file)