Java Delete Folder deleteFolderRecursive(File folder)

Description

delete Folder Recursive

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static int deleteFolderRecursive(File folder) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Liviu Ionescu.//from  w w  w  . j ava  2  s  . c o m
 * 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
 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Liviu Ionescu - initial version
 *******************************************************************************/

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    public static int deleteFolderRecursive(File folder) {

        int count = 0;

        if (folder == null)
            return count;

        if (folder.exists()) {
            for (File f : folder.listFiles()) {
                if (f.isDirectory()) {
                    count += deleteFolderRecursive(f);
                    f.setWritable(true, false);
                    f.delete();
                } else {
                    f.setWritable(true, false);
                    f.delete();
                    count++;
                }
            }
            folder.setWritable(true, false);
            folder.delete();
        }

        return count;
    }
}

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