Java Folder Delete deepDelete(final File file)

Description

deep Delete

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void deepDelete(final File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w w w  .jav a  2s. c om
 * Copyright since 2013 Shigeru GOUGI (sgougi@gmail.com)
 *
 * 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;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void deepDelete(final File file) throws IOException {
        if (!file.exists())
            return;
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            if (file.list().length == 0) {
                file.delete();
            } else {
                final String files[] = file.list();
                for (final String temp : files) {
                    final File fileDelete = new File(file, temp);
                    deepDelete(fileDelete);
                }
                if (file.list().length == 0) {
                    file.delete();
                }
            }
        } else {
            file.delete();
        }
    }
}

Related

1. clearFolder(File[] children)
2. clearFolder(String directoryLocation)
3. clearFolder(String folder)
4. clearFolder(String path)
5. clearFolderContent(String folderName)
6. emptyAndDelete(File fileOrDir)
7. emptyDerbyTestDirectory(final String derbyTestDirectory)
8. emptyFile(final String urlFile)
9. emptyFile(String srcFilename)