Java Delete File deleteFile(File file)

Description

Deletes the file provided.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

true if the file was deleted, false if didn't exist

Declaration

public static boolean deleteFile(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w w.j  a v  a2s  . c  o  m
 * Copyright 2010-2010 LinkedIn, Inc
 * Portions Copyright (c) 2011 Yan Pujante
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Deletes the file provided. If it is a directory, recursively deletes a directory and its content.
     *
     * @param file
     * @return <code>true</code> if the file was deleted, <code>false</code>
     * if didn't exist
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static boolean deleteFile(File file) throws IOException {
        if (!file.exists())
            return false;

        File[] files = file.listFiles();

        if (files != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
                File childFile = files[i];
                if (childFile.equals(file))
                    continue;

                if (childFile.isDirectory())
                    deleteFile(childFile);
                else
                    childFile.delete();
            }
        }

        return file.delete();
    }
}

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