Java Recursive Delete recursiveDelete(File file)

Description

Utility routine to recurisvely delete a directory.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	File or directory to delete.

Exception

Parameter	Description
RuntimeException	if the file, or some file withinit, could not be deleted.

Declaration

static void recursiveDelete(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Utility routine to recurisvely delete a directory.
     * On normal return, the file does not exist.
     *
     * @param file File or directory to delete.
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException if the file, or some file within
     * it, could not be deleted.
     */
    static void recursiveDelete(File file) {
        file = file.getAbsoluteFile();

        if (!file.exists())
            return;

        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
                recursiveDelete(child);
            }
        }
        if (!file.delete()) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to delete " + file);
        }
    }
}

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