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

voiddelete(File file)
delete 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    String[] entries = file.list();
    if (entries.length == 0) {
        file.delete();
    } else {
...
booleandelete(File file)
Deletes a file. 
logger.entering("de.axelwernicke.mypod.util.FileUtils", "delete");
boolean success = false;
try {
    if (file.canRead() && file.canWrite()) {
        boolean deleted = file.delete();
        if (!deleted) {
            file.deleteOnExit();
        success = true;
} catch (Exception e) {
    logger.warning("Exception raised: " + e.getMessage());
    e.printStackTrace();
logger.exiting("de.axelwernicke.mypod.util.FileUtils", "delete");
return success;
voiddelete(File file)
Recursively deletes file or directory. 
if (file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        for (File c : file.listFiles()) {
            delete(c);
    if (!file.delete()) {
        throw new IOException("Could not delete " + file.getAbsolutePath());
...
Listdelete(File file)
Deletes a file or a directory and all of its contents 
List<File> failures = new ArrayList<File>();
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteContents(file, failures);
if (!file.delete()) {
    failures.add(file);
return failures;
...
voiddelete(File file)
delete 
delete(file, false);
voiddelete(File file)
delete 
if (file.isFile())
    file.delete();
else if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    if (files != null && files.length > 0) {
        for (File f : files) {
            delete(f);
    file.delete();
voiddelete(File file)
Delete the given file or directory. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    safelyDeleteContents(file);
file.delete();
voiddelete(File file)
delete 
if (!file.exists())
    return;
if (file.delete())
    return;
System.gc();
if (file.delete())
    return;
try {
...
voiddoDelete(File f)
do Delete 
try {
    if (f != null && f.exists()) {
        f.delete();
} catch (Exception e) {
booleandoDelete(File file)
do Delete 
if (!file.isDirectory())
    return file.delete();
File[] files = file.listFiles();
if (files == null)
    return file.delete();
for (File child : files) {
    if (!doDelete(child))
        return false;
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