Java Utililty Methods File Delete nio

List of utility methods to do File Delete nio

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Description

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

Method

booleandeleteIfEmpty(final File directory)
delete If Empty 
if (directory.list().length > 0)
    return false;
Files.delete(directory.toPath());
return true;
voiddeleteLocalFile(final String fileName)
delete Local File 
Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(DOWNLOAD_BASE_NAME + fileName));
voiddeleteLocalFileOrDirectory(File file)
Delete a local file or directory. 
if (file.isFile()) {
    Files.delete(file.toPath());
} else if (file.isDirectory()) {
    deleteLocalDirectory(file);
voiddeleteMatching(File baseFile, String regex)
Destroys all files that match the given regex that are in the given directory. 
if (baseFile.exists() && baseFile.isDirectory()) {
    for (File child : listFiles(baseFile)) {
        if (child.getName().matches(regex)) {
            try {
                delete(child);
            } catch (IOException ignore) {
booleandeletePidFile()
delete Pid File 
Path file = Paths.get(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"), NEO4J_ETL_UI_PID_FILE_NAME);
return file.toFile().delete();
voiddeleteQuietly(File file)
delete Quietly 
try {
    Files.deleteIfExists(file.toPath());
} catch (Exception e) {
booleandeleteRecursive(File fileOrDirectory)
Remove specified file or directory. 
if (fileOrDirectory.isDirectory()) {
    File[] list = fileOrDirectory.listFiles();
    if (list == null) {
        return false;
    for (File f : list) {
        if (!deleteRecursive(f)) {
            return false;
...
voiddeleteRecursively(File fileOrDir)
delete Recursively 
if (fileOrDir.isDirectory() && !Files.isSymbolicLink(fileOrDir.toPath()))
    for (File f : fileOrDir.listFiles())
        deleteRecursively(f);
fileOrDir.delete();
booleandeleteRecursively(File root)
delete Recursively 
if (root == null) {
    return false;
try {
    return deleteRecursively(root.toPath());
} catch (IOException ex) {
    return false;
voiddeleteTestFile(String extension)
delete Test File 
deleteFile(Paths.get("./test" + extension).toString());