Java File Path Delete deleteDir(File dir)

Description

delete Dir

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w w w  . j a va  2  s  .c om*/
Copyright 2009 Semantic Discovery, Inc. (www.semanticdiscovery.com)
    
This file is part of the Semantic Discovery Toolkit.
    
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*/

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {
        return deleteDir(dir, true, null);
    }

    public static boolean deleteDir(File dir, boolean includeThisDir, FilenameFilter exceptions) {

        boolean success = true;

        if (includeThisDir && exceptions != null && exceptions.accept(dir, dir.getName()))
            return success;

        if (dir.exists()) {
            if (dir.isDirectory()) {
                final File[] files = dir.listFiles();
                if (files != null) {
                    for (File file : files) {
                        success &= deleteDir(file, true, exceptions);
                    }
                }

                if (includeThisDir) {
                    success &= dir.delete();
                }
            } else {
                success = dir.delete();
            }
        }
        return success;
    }
}

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