Java Delete Temp File deleteTempFiles(final File workFolder)

Description

This method deletes all the content in a folder, without the need of passing it a PlanetsLogger instance!

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
workFolder	the folder you wish to delete. All contained folders will be deleted recursively

Return

true, if all folders were deleted and false, if not.

Declaration

public static boolean deleteTempFiles(final File workFolder) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from ww w. java 2  s.  com
 *Copyright 2012 The SCAPE Project Consortium.
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 *Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 
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 * 
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 *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
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 *under the License.
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * This method deletes all the content in a folder, without the need of
     * passing it a PlanetsLogger instance!
     * @param workFolder the folder you wish to delete. All contained folders
     *        will be deleted recursively
     * @return true, if all folders were deleted and false, if not.
     */
    public static boolean deleteTempFiles(final File workFolder) {
        if (workFolder.isDirectory()) {
            File[] entries = workFolder.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
                File current = entries[i];
                boolean deleteTempFiles = deleteTempFiles(current);
                if (!deleteTempFiles) {
                    return false;
                } else {

                }
            }
            return workFolder.delete() ? true : false;
        }
        return workFolder.delete() ? true : false;
    }
}

Related

1. deleteTempFile(String fileId)
2. deleteTempFiles()
3. deleteTempFiles()
4. deleteTempFiles()
5. deleteTempFiles()
6. deleteTempFiles(Map fileMap, String templateFileName)