Java File Delete delete(File file)

Description

deletes files and directories

License

Apache License

Return

true if file does not exist (anymore)

Declaration

public static boolean delete(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/* w w w .  j a v  a 2s .  c o  m*/
 * Copyright 2010 Molindo GmbH
 *
 * 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;

public class Main {
    /**
     * deletes files and directories
     * 
     * @return true if file does not exist (anymore)
     */
    public static boolean delete(File file) {
        if (file != null && file.exists()) {
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
                    delete(child);
                }
            }
            return file.delete();
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }
}

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