Java File Delete delete(File file)

Description

delete

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void delete(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   www.  ja  v  a 2  s. c o m
 * Copyright 2014 Alexey Plotnik
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void delete(String path) throws IOException {
        delete(new File(path));
    }

    public static void delete(File file) throws IOException {
        if (!file.exists())
            return;

        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            if (file.list().length == 0) {
                file.delete();
            } else {
                String files[] = file.list();

                for (String temp : files) {
                    File fileDelete = new File(file, temp);
                    delete(fileDelete);
                }

                //check the directory again, if empty then delete it
                if (file.list().length == 0) {
                    file.delete();
                }
            }
        } else {
            file.delete();
        }
    }
}

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