Mega Code Archive
Recursive directory deletion
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/**
*
* The ObjectStyle Group Software License, version 1.1
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*
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import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Member;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.net.URL;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
/**
* Contains various unorganized static utility methods used across Cayenne.
*
* @author Andrei Adamchik
*/
public class Util {
/**
* Deletes a file or directory, allowing recursive directory deletion. This is an
* improved version of File.delete() method.
*/
public static boolean delete(String filePath, boolean recursive) {
File file = new File(filePath);
if (!file.exists()) {
return true;
}
if (!recursive || !file.isDirectory())
return file.delete();
String[] list = file.list();
for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
if (!delete(filePath + File.separator + list[i], true))
return false;
}
return file.delete();
}
}
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