Java Directory Delete nio deleteFileOrFolder(final Path path)

Description

delete File Or Folder

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void deleteFileOrFolder(final Path path) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.*;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import static java.nio.file.FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
import static java.nio.file.FileVisitResult.TERMINATE;

public class Main {
    public static void deleteFileOrFolder(final Path path) throws IOException {
        Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
            @Override/* ww w .j a va  2s. c  o  m*/
            public FileVisitResult visitFile(final Path file, final BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
                Files.delete(file);
                return CONTINUE;
            }

            @Override
            public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(final Path file, final IOException e) {
                return handleException(e);
            }

            private FileVisitResult handleException(final IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace(); // replace with more robust error handling
                return TERMINATE;
            }

            @Override
            public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(final Path dir, final IOException e) throws IOException {
                if (e != null)
                    return handleException(e);
                Files.delete(dir);
                return CONTINUE;
            }
        });
    }
}

Related

1. deleteDirOrFile(Path p, boolean followSymLinkDir)
2. deleteDirReqursivelyIfExists(File dir)
3. deleteDirWithFiles(File dir, int maxDepth)
4. deleteFileOrDirectory(File file)
5. deleteFileOrDirectory(final File source)