Java File Delete nio deleteRecursively(File root)

Description

delete Recursively

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean deleteRecursively(File root) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

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

import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;

public class Main {
    public static boolean deleteRecursively(File root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return false;
        }

        try {
            return deleteRecursively(root.toPath());
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public static boolean deleteRecursively(Path root) throws IOException {
        if (root == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (!Files.exists(root)) {
            return false;
        }

        Files.walkFileTree(root, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
            @Override
            public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
                Files.delete(file);
                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
            }

            @Override
            public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException exc) throws IOException {
                Files.delete(dir);
                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
            }
        });
        return true;
    }
}

Related

1. deleteMatching(File baseFile, String regex)
2. deletePidFile()
3. deleteQuietly(File file)
4. deleteRecursive(File fileOrDirectory)
5. deleteRecursively(File fileOrDir)
6. deleteTestFile(String extension)
7. forceDelete(File file)
8. forceDelete(File file)
9. forceDelete(final File file)