Java Recursive Delete recursiveDeleteOnExit(File rootDir)

Description

Recursively set this directory to be deleted on termination of the JVM (using File#deleteOnExit() ).

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
rootDir	The directory to be deleted on exit.

Declaration

public static void recursiveDeleteOnExit(File rootDir) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w  w  .  j av  a 2  s.  c  o  m*/
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import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Recursively set this directory to be deleted on termination of the JVM
     * (using {@link File#deleteOnExit()}).
     * 
     * @param rootDir
     *          The directory to be deleted on exit.
     */
    public static void recursiveDeleteOnExit(File rootDir) {
        recursiveDeleteOnExitHelper(rootDir);
    }

    private static void recursiveDeleteOnExitHelper(File fileOrDir) {
        fileOrDir.deleteOnExit();
        if (fileOrDir.isDirectory()) {
            for (File file : fileOrDir.listFiles()) {
                recursiveDeleteOnExitHelper(file);
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

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