Java Recursive Delete recursiveDeleteOnExit(File parent)

Description

Recursively delete parent folder on exit of JVM

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	a parameter

Declaration

static public final void recursiveDeleteOnExit(File parent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  ww  w.ja va  2 s .  com
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Diamond Light Source Ltd.
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Recursively delete parent folder on exit of JVM
     * 
     * @param parent
     */
    static public final void recursiveDeleteOnExit(File parent) {
        parent.deleteOnExit();
        if (parent.isDirectory()) {
            File[] files = parent.listFiles();
            for (int ifile = 0; ifile < files.length; ++ifile) {
                if (files[ifile].isDirectory()) {
                    recursiveDeleteOnExit(files[ifile]);
                }
                files[ifile].deleteOnExit();
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. recursiveDeleteFile(File file)
2. recursiveDeleteFile(File file)
3. recursiveDeleteHelper(File parent, List failed)
4. recursiveDeleteNoCheck(File f)
5. recursiveDeleteNoCheck(File f)
6. recursiveDeleteOnExit(File rootDir)
7. recursiveDeleteOnExitHelper(File fileOrDir)
8. recursivelyDelete(File aDirectory)
9. recursivelyDelete(File dir)