Java Utililty Methods Directory Delete

List of utility methods to do Directory Delete

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Description

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

Method

booleanemptyDirectory(File dir)
Recursively deletes all the entries of a directory. 
String[] children = dir.list();
boolean ok = true;
if (children != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; ++i) {
        File child = new File(dir, children[i]);
        if (child.isDirectory()) {
            if (!removeFile(child,  true))
                ok = false;
...
voidemptyDirectory(File dir)
empty Directory 
if (dir.exists() && dir.isDirectory()) {
    File[] tmpFiles = dir.listFiles();
    if (tmpFiles.length > 0) {
        for (File f : tmpFiles) {
            f.delete();
voidemptyDirectory(File directory)
Delete the content of a directory, but not the directory itself 
File[] f = directory.listFiles();
if (f != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < f.length; i++) {
        if (f[i].isDirectory()) {
            emptyDirectory(f[i]);
        f[i].delete();
booleanemptyDirectory(File directory)
empty Directory 
boolean result = true;
File[] entries = directory.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
    if (!entries[i].delete()) {
        result = false;
return result;
...
booleanemptyDirectory(File path)
empty Directory 
if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(files[i]);
        } else {
            if (!files[i].delete()) {
                return false;
...
voidemptyDirectory(final File directory)
empty Directory 
for (final File file : directory.listFiles()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        emptyDirectory(file);
    if (!file.delete()) {
        throw new IOException("Can't delete " + file);