Java Utililty Methods File Delete

List of utility methods to do File Delete

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Description

The list of methods to do File Delete are organized into topic(s).

Method

booleandelete(File file)
Recursively delete starting at the given file. 
if (file.getParent() == null) {
    return false;
return deleteUsingJavaIO(file);
booleandelete(File file)
Recursively deletes the given File file . 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    if (files != null) {
        for (File f : files) {
            delete(f);
return file.delete();
booleandelete(File file)
Delete a file or directory and insure that the file is no longer present on file system. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    flushDirectoryContent(file);
file.delete();
if (isFileDeleted(file)) {
    return true;
return waitUntilFileDeleted(file);
...
booleandelete(File file)
delete 
if (file == null)
    return false;
return file.delete();
voiddelete(File file)
Delete a file or directory. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteDir(file);
} else {
    deleteFile(file);
booleandelete(File file)
delete 
return file.exists() && file.delete();
booleandelete(File file)
delete 
boolean deleteStatus = false;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteStatus = deleteDir(file);
} else {
    deleteStatus = file.delete();
return deleteStatus;
booleandelete(File file)
delete 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return true;
if (file.isFile()) {
    return file.delete();
} else if (file.isDirectory()) {
    return deleteDir(file);
return false;
booleandelete(File file)
Deletes the file. 
if (!file.exists())
    return false;
if (!file.delete())
    throw new IOException("cannot delete the file: " + file);
return true;
voiddelete(File file)
delete 
if (file == null)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("file");
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
        if (f.getName().equals(".") || f.getName().equals(".."))
            continue;
        delete(f);
if (!file.delete())
    throw new RuntimeException("failed to delete file: " + file);