Java File Delete delete(File file)

Description

Deletes a file or a recursively deletes a directory.

License

Open Source License

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	if a file or directory cannot be deleted.

Declaration

public static void delete(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w w  w .j a va  2  s.  com*/
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Civilian Framework.
 *
 * Licensed under the Civilian License (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.civilian-framework.org/license.txt
 *
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Deletes a file or a recursively deletes a directory.
     * @throws IOException if a file or directory cannot be deleted.
     */
    public static void delete(File file) throws IOException {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            File[] files = file.listFiles();
            if (files != null) {
                for (File f : files)
                    delete(f);
            }
        }
        if (!file.delete())
            throw new IOException("cannot delete " + file);
    }
}

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