Java Delete File deleteFile(File file)

Description

Delete the a file or a directory.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the file to delete

Declaration

public static void deleteFile(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   ww  w  . jav  a  2s . c  o m*/
 * ? Copyright IBM Corp. 2012-2013
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 
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 * permissions and limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Delete the a file or a directory.
     * @param file the file to delete
     */
    public static void deleteFile(File file) {
        // Delete its content, if a directory
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            emptyDirectory(file);
        }
        // Delete the file/directory
        file.delete();
    }

    /**
     * Delete the content of a directory, but not the directory itself
     * @param directory the directory the clear
     */
    public static void emptyDirectory(File directory) {
        File[] f = directory.listFiles();
        if (f != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < f.length; i++) {
                if (f[i].isDirectory()) {
                    emptyDirectory(f[i]);
                }
                f[i].delete();
            }
        }
    }
}

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