Java Directory Delete nio deleteDirectory(File directory)

Description

Recursively delete a directory and all its contents

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
directory	Directory to delete

Exception

Parameter	Description

Declaration

public static void deleteDirectory(File directory) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  ww w .  j  a v a2 s.c  o m*/
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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.Files;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Recursively delete a directory and all its contents
     * @param directory Directory to delete
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     */
    public static void deleteDirectory(File directory) throws IOException {
        if (directory.exists()) {
            File[] files = directory.listFiles();
            if (null != files) {
                for (File file : files) {
                    if (file.isDirectory()) {
                        deleteDirectory(file);
                    } else {
                        Files.deleteIfExists(file.toPath());
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        Files.deleteIfExists(directory.toPath());
    }
}

Related

1. deleteDirectory(File dir)
2. deleteDirectory(File directory)
3. deleteDirectory(File directory)
4. deleteDirectory(File directory)
5. deleteDirectory(File directory)
6. deleteDirectory(File file)
7. deleteDirectory(File path)
8. deleteDirectory(final File directory)
9. deleteDirectory(final Path dir, final int maxDepth)