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/*
* JBoss DNA (http://www.jboss.org/dna)
* See the COPYRIGHT.txt file distributed with this work for information
* regarding copyright ownership. Some portions may be licensed
* to Red Hat, Inc. under one or more contributor license agreements.
* See the AUTHORS.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of
* individual contributors.
*
* JBoss DNA is free software. Unless otherwise indicated, all code in JBoss DNA
* is licensed to you under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* JBoss DNA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
* Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
* 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
*/
import java.io.File;
public class FileMonitor {
/**
* Delete the file or directory at the supplied path. This method works on a directory that is not empty, unlike the
* {@link File#delete()} method.
*
* @param path the path to the file or directory that is to be deleted
* @return true if the file or directory at the supplied path existed and was successfully deleted, or false otherwise
*/
public static boolean delete( String path ) {
if (path == null || path.trim().length() == 0) return false;
return delete(new File(path));
}
/**
* Delete the file or directory given by the supplied reference. This method works on a directory that is not empty, unlike
* the {@link File#delete()} method.
*
* @param fileOrDirectory the reference to the Java File object that is to be deleted
* @return true if the supplied file or directory existed and was successfully deleted, or false otherwise
*/
public static boolean delete( File fileOrDirectory ) {
if (fileOrDirectory == null) return false;
if (!fileOrDirectory.exists()) return false;
// The file/directory exists, so if a directory delete all of the contents ...
if (fileOrDirectory.isDirectory()) {
for (File childFile : fileOrDirectory.listFiles()) {
delete(childFile); // recursive call (good enough for now until we need something better)
}
// Now an empty directory ...
}
// Whether this is a file or empty directory, just delete it ...
return fileOrDirectory.delete();
}
}
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