Java Directory Delete nio deleteFileOrDirectory(final File source)

Description

delete File Or Directory

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void deleteFileOrDirectory(final File source) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class Main {
    public static void deleteFileOrDirectory(final File source) {
        if (source.isFile()) {
            Path path = source.toPath();
            try {
                Files.deleteIfExists(path);
            } catch (IOException | SecurityException e) {
                System.err.println(e);
            }//w w  w  . j av a  2  s.c o m
            return;
        }

        for (String element : source.list()) {
            deleteFileOrDirectory(new File(source.getPath(), element));
        }

        Path path = source.toPath();
        try {
            Files.deleteIfExists(path);
        } catch (IOException | SecurityException e) {
            System.err.println(e);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. deleteDirIfExists(Path dirPath)
2. deleteDirOrFile(Path p, boolean followSymLinkDir)
3. deleteDirReqursivelyIfExists(File dir)
4. deleteDirWithFiles(File dir, int maxDepth)
5. deleteFileOrDirectory(File file)
6. deleteFileOrFolder(final Path path)