Java Force Delete forceDelete(File path)

Description

delete directory recursively.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	directory to delete

Return

true if directory deleted or not exist.

Declaration

public static boolean forceDelete(File path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from www .  j a  v a2  s .c  om*/
 * $Id$
 *
 * This is a program for Language Grid Core Node. This combines multiple language resources and provides composite language services.
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2013 NICT Language Grid Project.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at 
 * your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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 Lesser 
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * delete directory recursively.
     * @param path directory to delete
     * @return true if directory deleted or not exist.
     */
    public static boolean forceDelete(File path) {
        if (!path.exists())
            return true;
        if (path.isDirectory())
            for (File file : path.listFiles()) {
                if (file.toString().equals("."))
                    continue;
                if (file.toString().equals(".."))
                    continue;
                boolean success = false;
                if (file.isDirectory()) {
                    success = forceDelete(file);
                    if (success) {
                        success = file.delete();
                    }
                } else {
                    success = file.delete();
                }
                if (!success)
                    return false;
            }
        return path.delete();
    }
}

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