Java Path Delete nio deleteFilesRecursively(Path path, final PathMatcher pathMatcher)

Description

Deletes the files that match the PathMatcher.

License

Apache License

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	If it fails traversing or deleting the tree.

Declaration

public static int deleteFilesRecursively(Path path, final PathMatcher pathMatcher) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w w  w. ja v  a 2 s. c o  m
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;

import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Deletes the files that match the PathMatcher.
     *
     * <p> Note that this method doesn't delete the directories, only the files inside those
     * directories. This is fine for our use case since the majority of SCMs don't care about empty
     * directories.
     *
     * @throws IOException If it fails traversing or deleting the tree.
     */
    public static int deleteFilesRecursively(Path path, final PathMatcher pathMatcher) throws IOException {
        final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
        Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {

            @Override
            public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
                if (pathMatcher.matches(file)) {
                    Files.delete(file);
                    counter.incrementAndGet();
                }
                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
            }
        });
        return counter.get();
    }
}

Related

1. deleteFile(Path path)
2. deleteFile(String filePath)
3. deleteFile(String path)
4. deleteFilesIfExist(Path... files)
5. deleteFilesIgnoringExceptions(final Path... files)
6. deleteIfExists(Path thePath)
7. deleteIfExists(Path value)
8. deleteIndexBeforeStart(String basePath)
9. deleteLockFile(Path logFile)