Java Utililty Methods Path Delete nio

List of utility methods to do Path Delete nio

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Method

voiddeleteLockFile(Path logFile)
Removes any lck files for the given log file. 
String lockFileName = logFile.getFileName().toString().concat(".lck");
Path parent = logFile.getParent();
Path lockFile;
if (parent == null) {
    lockFile = Paths.get(lockFileName);
} else {
    lockFile = parent.resolve(lockFileName);
Files.deleteIfExists(lockFile);
voiddeleteNotEmptyDirectory(Path path)
delete Not Empty Directory 
Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
    @Override
    public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
        Files.delete(file);
        return CONTINUE;
    @Override
    public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException exc) throws IOException {
...
voiddeleteOnExit(Path path)
Register Path for a delete on JM shutdown event. 
DELETE_ON_EXIT_PATHS.add(path);
voiddeletePath(Path path)
delete Path 
if (path == null) {
    return;
File file = path.toFile();
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File item : file.listFiles()) {
        deletePath(item.toPath());
deleteFile(file);
voiddeletePathRecursively(String path)
Deletes a path recursively. 
Path root = Paths.get(path);
Files.walkFileTree(root, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
    @Override
    public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
        Files.delete(file);
        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
    @Override
...
voiddeleteQuietly(@Nullable Path path)
delete Quietly 
if (path == null || !exists(path)) {
    return;
if (isRegularFile(path)) {
    try {
        doDelete(path);
    } catch (final IOException ignored) {
    return;
try {
    walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
        @Override
        public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
            try {
                doDelete(file);
            } catch (final IOException ignored) {
            return CONTINUE;
        @Override
        public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException exc) {
            try {
                doDelete(dir);
            } catch (final IOException ignored) {
            return CONTINUE;
    });
} catch (final IOException ignored) {
voiddeleteQuietly(Path dir)
Deletes the directory recursively and quietly. 
try {
    Files.walk(dir).sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder()).forEach(file -> {
        try {
            Files.delete(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
    });
} catch (IOException e) {
...
voiddeleteRecursive(Path path)
Recursively delete the given path 
Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
    @Override
    public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
        Files.delete(file);
        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
    @Override
    public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException e) throws IOException {
...
voiddeleteRecursive(Path path)
delete Recursive 
Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
    @Override
    public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
        Files.delete(file);
        return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
    @Override
    public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException exc) throws IOException {
...
voiddeleteRecursively(final Path path)
delete Recursively 
deleteRecursively(path, true);