Java Utililty Methods Directory Clean

List of utility methods to do Directory Clean

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Description

The list of methods to do Directory Clean are organized into topic(s).

Method

voidcleanDir(File dir)
Delete everything inside a directory. 
if (Thread.interrupted()) {
    throw new InterruptedException();
if (!dir.exists()) {
    return;
for (File f : dir.listFiles()) {
    if (f.isDirectory()) {
...
voidcleanDir(File dir)
Cleans a directory, deleting all of its contents. 
if (!dir.isDirectory()) {
    throw new IllegalStateException("Directory does not exist: " + dir);
for (File file : dir.listFiles()) {
    deleteFile(file);
voidcleanDir(File directory)
clean Dir 
if (directory == null)
    return;
final File[] files = directory.listFiles();
if (files == null)
    return;
for (File file : files) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        cleanDir(file);
...
booleancleanDir(final File dir)
clean Dir 
boolean success = true;
if (dir.exists()) {
    success = recursiveDelete(dir) && success;
return dir.mkdirs() && success;
voidcleanDir(final File dir)
Cleans out the passed directory 
if (dir == null)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("The passed file was null");
if (dir.isFile())
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("The passed file [" + dir + "] was not a directory");
for (final File f : dir.listFiles()) {
    recursiveDel(f);
voidcleanDir(final File dir, final String exclude)
clean Dir 
final String[] children = dir.list();
for (final String child : children) {
    if (child.equals(exclude)) {
        continue;
    final File file = new File(dir, child);
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        delDir(file);
...
voidcleanDir(final String luceneDir)
clean Dir 
if (luceneDir != null && luceneDir.length() > 0) {
    File directory = new File(luceneDir);
    File[] files = directory.listFiles();
    if (files != null) {
        for (File file : files) {
            if (file.isDirectory() && !(file.list().length == 0)) {
                cleanDir(file.getPath());
                file.delete();
...
booleancleanDir(String dir)
clean Dir 
return deleteDir(new File(dir), false);
booleancleanDir(String directory)
Empty a directory without deleting it 
String[] files = ls(directory);
boolean clean = true;
if (files != null) {
    for (String f : files) {
        String filename = directory + File.separator + f;
        File file = new File(filename);
        if (file.isDirectory())
            clean = cleanDir(filename) && file.delete();
...
voidcleanDir(String path)
clean Dir 
File dir = new File(path);
if (dir.exists()) {
    if (!dir.isDirectory()) {
        throw new IOException("Path is not a directory: " + path);
    for (File file : dir.listFiles()) {
        file.delete();