Java Force Delete forceDelete(File file)

Declaration

public static boolean forceDelete(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w  w  w.  j a  v  a2  s.  c om*/
 * Copyright 2004-2009 Luciano Vernaschi
 *
 * This file is part of MeshCMS.
 *
 * MeshCMS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * MeshCMS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with MeshCMS.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * A "brute force" method to delete a file that might be in use by
     * another thread or application. This method simply tries again and again
     * for 20 seconds then gives up.
     *
     * @param file the file to be deleted
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if the delete operation succeded, and <code>false<code> otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean forceDelete(File file) {
        if (!file.exists()) {
            return true;
        }

        /* do not force on directories */
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            return file.delete();
        }

        for (int i = 1; i < 20; i++) {
            if (file.delete()) {
                return true;
            }

            try {
                Thread.sleep(i * 100L);
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
}

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