Java File Path Delete deleteFolder(String sPath)

Description

delete Folder

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
sPath	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean deleteFolder(String sPath) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  w  ww  .j av  a 2  s  .  co  m
 * Copyright (c) 2017 Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017 
 * Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences contributors. All rights reserved.
 * 
 * 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
 *
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 * 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
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 * LICENSE file.
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /** 
    *  
    *@param sPath  
    *@return 
    */
    public static boolean deleteFolder(String sPath) {
        boolean flag = false;
        File file = new File(sPath);

        if (!file.exists()) {
            return flag;
        } else {

            if (file.isFile()) {
                return deleteFile(sPath);
            } else {
                return deleteDirectory(sPath);
            }
        }
    }

    /** 
    * 
    * @param   sPath    
    * @return 
    */
    public static boolean deleteFile(String sPath) {
        boolean flag = false;
        File file = new File(sPath);

        if (file.isFile() && file.exists()) {
            file.delete();
            flag = true;
        }
        return flag;
    }

    /** 
    * 
    * @param   sPath 
    * @return  
    */
    private static boolean deleteDirectory(String sPath) {

        if (!sPath.endsWith(File.separator)) {
            sPath = sPath + File.separator;
        }
        File dirFile = new File(sPath);

        if (!dirFile.exists() || !dirFile.isDirectory()) {
            return false;
        }
        boolean flag = true;

        File[] files = dirFile.listFiles();
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            if (files[i].isFile()) {
                flag = deleteFile(files[i].getAbsolutePath());
                if (!flag)
                    break;
            } else {
                flag = deleteDirectory(files[i].getAbsolutePath());
                if (!flag)
                    break;
            }
        }
        if (!flag)
            return false;
        if (dirFile.delete()) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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1. deleteFolder(String path)
2. deleteFolder(String path)
3. deleteFolder(String path)
4. deleteFolder(String pathToRootFolder)
5. deleteFolder(String pFolderPath)
6. deleteFolderAndContent(String folderPath)
7. deleteFolderRec(File path, boolean alsoDeleteGivenFolder)
8. deleteFolderRecursively(File path, boolean includeSelf)
9. deleteIfExist(String filePath)