Java File Delete delete(File file)

Description

delete

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void delete(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the 
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 
 * which accompanies this distribution. 
 * The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at 
 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 *
 * Contributors:// w  w  w. ja  v a  2s. c  o m
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation from Oracle TopLink
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    public static void delete(File file) {
        if (!file.exists()) {
            return;
        }

        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            String[] entries = file.list();

            if (entries.length == 0) {
                file.delete();

            } else {
                for (int i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
                    delete(new File(file, entries[i]));
                }

                // delete directory after its containing files were deleted
                if (file.list().length == 0) {
                    file.delete();
                }
            }
        } else {
            file.delete();
        }
    }
}

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