Java Delete File Recursively deleteRecursive(File file)

Description

delete Recursive

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void deleteRecursive(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from w w w . ja  v a2  s . c om
 * Copyright (c) 2013 Puppet Labs, Inc. and other contributors, as listed below.
 * 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
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *   Puppet Labs
 */

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.HashSet;

import java.util.Set;

public class Main {
    public static void deleteRecursive(File file) throws IOException {
        Set<File> visited = new HashSet<File>();
        deleteRecursive(file, visited);
    }

    private static void deleteRecursive(File file, Set<File> visited) throws IOException {
        if (visited.contains(file))
            throw new IOException("Circular file structure detected");

        visited.add(file);
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            for (File subFile : file.listFiles())
                deleteRecursive(subFile, visited);
        }

        if (!file.delete()) {
            if (file.exists())
                throw new IOException("Unable to delete " + file.getAbsolutePath());
        }
    }

    public static void deleteRecursive(String path) throws IOException {
        deleteRecursive(new File(path));
    }
}

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