Java Utililty Methods Force Delete

List of utility methods to do Force Delete

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Description

The list of methods to do Force Delete are organized into topic(s).

Method

booleanforceDelete(File path)
delete directory recursively. 
if (!path.exists())
    return true;
if (path.isDirectory())
    for (File file : path.listFiles()) {
        if (file.toString().equals("."))
            continue;
        if (file.toString().equals(".."))
            continue;
...
voidforceDelete(final File file)
force Delete 
if (file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        for (final File f : file.listFiles()) {
            forceDelete(f);
    try {
        if (!file.delete()) {
...
voidforceDelete(final File file)
Deletes a file. 
if (file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        for (final File c : file.listFiles()) {
            forceDelete(c);
    if (!file.delete()) {
        throw new IOException("Failed to delete " + file.getAbsolutePath());
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