Java File Delete nio deleteFileCascade(String directory)

Description

Delete a folder with all the sub files.

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
directory	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static void deleteFileCascade(String directory) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: LGPL 

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main {
    /**/*from ww  w  . ja v a  2s.  co m*/
     * Delete a folder with all the sub files.
     * @param directory
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void deleteFileCascade(String directory) throws IOException {
        deleteFileCascade(new File(directory));
    }

    /**
     * Delete a folder with all the sub files.
     * @param directory
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void deleteFileCascade(File directory) throws IOException {

        // delete all the sub files recursively
        if (directory.isDirectory()) {

            File[] files = directory.listFiles();

            // some JVM return null for listfiles
            if (files == null)
                return;

            for (File file : files) {
                file.setWritable(true);
                deleteFileCascade(file);
            }
        }

        Files.delete(Paths.get(directory.getAbsolutePath()));

        // delete the directory
        //if ( !directory.delete() )
        //   throw new FileNotFoundException( "Failed to delete file: " + directory );
    }
}

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4. deleteFile(String fileName)
5. deleteFile(String filename)
6. deleteFileRescursive(File file)
7. deleteFiles(File directory, String affix)
8. deleteIfEmpty(final File directory)
9. deleteLocalFile(final String fileName)