Java File Delete delete(File file)

Description

Deletes recursively the given file (if it is a directory) or just removes itself

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	The file or dir to remove

Return

True if the deletion was successful

Declaration

public static boolean delete(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**/* w w w .  ja  v a2s  .com*/
     * Deletes recursively the given file (if it is a directory)
     * or just removes itself
     *
     * @param file The file or dir to remove
     *
     * @return True if the deletion was successful
     */
    public static boolean delete(File file) {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            File[] contents = file.listFiles();

            if (null != contents) {
                for (File child : contents) {
                    delete(child);
                }
            }

            file.delete();

            return true;
        } else {
            return file.delete();
        }
    }
}

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