Deletes a file. - Java File Path IO

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Description

Deletes a file.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        File file = new File("Main.java");
        forceDelete(file);
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a file. If file is a directory, delete it and all sub-directories.
     * <p>
     * The difference between File.delete() and this method are:
     * <ul>
     * <li>A directory to be deleted does not have to be empty.</li>
     * <li>You get exceptions when a file or directory cannot be deleted.
     *      (java.io.File methods returns a boolean)</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param file  file or directory to delete, must not be <code>null</code>
     * @throws NullPointerException if the directory is <code>null</code>
     * @throws FileNotFoundException if the file was not found
     * @throws IOException in case deletion is unsuccessful
     */
    public static void forceDelete(File file) throws IOException {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(file);
        } else {
            boolean filePresent = file.exists();
            if (!file.delete()) {
                if (!filePresent) {
                    throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: "
                            + file);
                }
                String message = "Unable to delete file: " + file;
                throw new IOException(message);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a directory recursively. 
     *
     * @param directory  directory to delete
     * @throws IOException in case deletion is unsuccessful
     */
    public static void deleteDirectory(File directory) throws IOException {
        if (!directory.exists()) {
            return;
        }

        if (!directory.delete()) {
            String message = "Unable to delete directory " + directory
                    + ".";
            throw new IOException(message);
        }
    }
}

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