Java Utililty Methods Directory Clean

List of utility methods to do Directory Clean

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Description

The list of methods to do Directory Clean are organized into topic(s).

Method

voidcleanDirectory(File currentDir)
Clean directory and it's files 
File[] files = currentDir.listFiles();
for (File file : files) {
    file.delete();
currentDir.delete();
StringcleanPath(String loc)
clean Path 
if (loc.startsWith("reference:file:")) {
    loc = loc.substring(15);
} else if (loc.startsWith("file:")) {
    loc = loc.substring(5);
} else {
    return loc;
loc = loc.replace("//", "/");
...
StringcleanPath(String path)
cleanPath static method replaces all path separators with system dependednt value. 
String str = path.replace('/', File.separatorChar);
String final_str = str.replace('\\', File.separatorChar);
return final_str;
StringcleanPaths(String root, String rel, String name)
clean Paths 
String complete = null;
if (root != null) {
    complete = root;
if (rel != null) {
    if (complete != null)
        complete = complete + File.separator + rel;
    else
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voidclearDir(File dir, boolean clearsubdirs)
clear Dir 
if (!dir.exists())
    return;
for (File f : dir.listFiles()) {
    if (f.isDirectory()) {
        if (clearsubdirs) {
            clearDir(f, true); 
            f.delete();
    } else
        f.delete();
voidclearDir(String dirPath)
Deletes all files in the specified directory, recursively. 
if (DEBUG) {
    System.out.println("clearDir(" + dirPath + ")");
final File dir = new File(dirPath);
final String[] childList = dir.list();
if (childList == null) {
    return;
for (String childName : childList) {
    final File child = new File(dirPath + "/" + childName);
    if (child.isDirectory()) {
        clearDir(child.getAbsolutePath());
    final boolean didIt = child.delete();
    if (!didIt) {
        throw new RuntimeException("could not delete " + child.getAbsolutePath());