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 w w  w  . j a v a2 s .c  o m
 * Copyright 2008-2009 MOPAS(Ministry of Public Administration and Security).
 *
 * 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(File file) throws IOException {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            // it's a folder, list children first
            File[] children = file.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
                delete(children[i]);
            }
        }
        if (!file.delete()) {
            throw new IOException("Unable to delete " + file.getPath());
        }
    }
}

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