Java Path Delete nio delete(Path path)

Description

Deletes the path from the file system.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	the path.

Declaration

public static void delete(Path path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w  w w  . j av a2 s.  co  m
 * Copyright 2015 Andrej_Petras.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
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 */

import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;

import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Deletes the path from the file system.
     *
     * @param path the path.
     */
    public static void delete(Path path) {
        if (path != null) {
            try {
                if (Files.exists(path)) {

                    if (Files.isDirectory(path)) {

                        Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
                            @Override
                            public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs)
                                    throws IOException {
                                Files.delete(file);
                                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
                            }

                            @Override
                            public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException exc)
                                    throws IOException {
                                Files.delete(dir);
                                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
                            }

                        });
                    } else {
                        Files.delete(path);
                    }
                }
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                throw new RuntimeException("Error deleting the path : " + path.toString(), ex);
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. delete(@Nullable Path path)
2. delete(final Path path)
3. delete(final String[] paths)
4. delete(Path path)
5. delete(Path path)
6. delete(Path root)
7. delete(Path targetPath)
8. delete(Path... paths)
9. delete(String filePath, String fileName)