Java File Path Delete deleteAllFilesInDirectory(String path)

Description

deletes entire contents of a folder.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean deleteAllFilesInDirectory(String path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  w w  .ja va 2  s  .  c  om*/
    * deletes entire contents of a folder. Returns true if deletion successful, false otherwise
    *
    * comment added by thomas:
    * doesn't delete folders that contain nonempty folders
    */
    public static boolean deleteAllFilesInDirectory(String path) {
        File folder = new File(path);
        if (folder != null && folder.exists() && folder.isDirectory()) {
            File[] files = folder.listFiles();
            if (files != null) {
                for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
                    files[i].delete();
                }
            }
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    public static boolean exists(String path, String fileNameWithoutFullPath) {
        String filePath = getFileNameWithPath(path, fileNameWithoutFullPath);
        return exists(filePath);
    }

    public static boolean exists(String fileNameWithFullPath) {
        File file = new File(fileNameWithFullPath);
        return file.exists();
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a File Object.
     */
    public static File delete(File file) {
        file.delete();
        return file;
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a File from an url.
     */

    public static boolean delete(String fileNameWithFullPath) {
        File file = new File(fileNameWithFullPath);
        return file.delete();
    }

    public static String getFileNameWithPath(String path, String fileNameWithoutFullPath) {
        return path + File.separator + fileNameWithoutFullPath;
    }
}

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1. deleteAllFiles(String folder, String type)
2. deleteAllFiles(Vector filesToDelete)
3. deleteAllFilesAux(String input, File swapFolder)
4. deleteAllFilesIn(String dir)
5. deleteAllFilesInDir(File dir)
6. deleteAllFilesOnlyInDirectory(File startingDir)
7. deleteAllFilesRecursively(String directoryName)
8. deleteAndCreateFolder(String path)
9. deleteBlankPath(String path)