Java Directory Delete nio deleteDirectory(File dir)

Description

Deletes a directory recursively.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dir	The directory to delete

Declaration

public static void deleteDirectory(File dir) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w w w  .  j a v a2  s.  c om
 * Copyright 2016 Information & Computational Sciences, The James Hutton Institute
 *
 * 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 implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Deletes a directory recursively. All files and directories under this directory will be deleted.
     *
     * @param dir The directory to delete
     */
    public static void deleteDirectory(File dir) throws IOException {
        Files.walk(dir.toPath()).map(Path::toFile).sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder()).forEach(File::delete);
    }
}

Related

1. deleteDir(File dir)
2. deleteDir(File file)
3. deleteDir(final File targetDir)
4. deleteDir(String dirName)
5. deleteDir(String path)
6. deleteDirectory(File dir)
7. deleteDirectory(File directory)
8. deleteDirectory(File directory)
9. deleteDirectory(File directory)