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Delete all files under this file and including this file

 
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Utils {
  /**
   * delete all files under this file and including this file
   * 
   * @param f
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public static void deleteAll(File f) throws IOException {
    recurse(f, new RecurseAction() {
      public void doFile(File file) throws IOException {
        file.delete();
        if (file.exists()) {
          throw new IOException("Failed to delete  " + file.getPath());
        }
      }
      public void doBeforeFile(File f) {
      }
      public void doAfterFile(File f) {
      }
    });
  }
  public static void recurse(File f, RecurseAction action) throws IOException {
    action.doBeforeFile(f);
    if (f.isDirectory()) {
      File[] files = f.listFiles();
      if (files != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
          if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            recurse(files[i], action);
          } else {
            action.doFile(files[i]);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    action.doFile(f);
  }
}
interface RecurseAction {
  /**
   * @param file
   * @throws IOException
   */
  void doFile(File file) throws IOException;
  /**
   * @param f
   */
  void doBeforeFile(File f);
  /**
   * @param f
   */
  void doAfterFile(File f);
}





Delete Recursively

 
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Utils {
  private static void deleteContentsRecursive(File file) throws IOException {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    for (File child : files) {
      if (child.isDirectory())
        deleteContentsRecursive(child);
      if (!child.delete())
        throw new IOException("Unable to delete " + child.getPath());
    }
  }
  public static void deleteRecursive(File dir) throws IOException {
    if (dir.isDirectory())
      deleteContentsRecursive(dir);
    if (!dir.delete())
      throw new IOException("Unable to delete " + dir);
  }
}





Deletes a directory.

 
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Utils {
  /**
   * Deletes a directory.
   *
   * @param dir the file for the directory to delete
   * @return true if susscess
   */
  public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {
    if (dir.isDirectory()) {
      for (File file : dir.listFiles()) {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
          try {
            if (file.getCanonicalFile().getParentFile().equals(dir.getCanonicalFile())) {
              deleteDir(file);
              if (file.exists() && !file.delete()) {
                System.out.println("Can"t delete: " + file);
              }
            } else {
              System.out.println("Warning: " + file + " may be a symlink.  Ignoring.");
            }
          } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Warning: Cannot determine canonical file for " + file + " - ignoring.");
          }
        } else {
          if (file.exists() && !file.delete()) {
            System.out.println("Can"t delete: " + file);
          }
        }
      }
      return dir.delete();
    }
    return false;
  }
}





Deletes all files and subdirectories

    
/**
 * Copyright (c) 2003 - 2007 OpenSubsystems s.r.o. Slovak Republic. All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Project: OpenSubsystems
 * 
 * $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.12 2007/02/01 07:18:32 bastafidli Exp $
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. 
 * 
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA 
 */

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * Collection of methods to make work with files easier.
 * 
 * @version $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.12 2007/02/01 07:18:32 bastafidli Exp $
 * @author Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewer Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewed 1.7 2006/05/21 03:45:37 bastafidli
 */
public class FileUtils
{
   // Configuration settings ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
    * Default 10 digit file storage distribution array. This means that if I 
    * want to name file as 10 digit number e.g. number 123 as 0000000123 or 
    * number 123456789 as 01234567890. Then the path constructed from number 
    * 1234567890 using distribution 2/2/2/4 would be 12/34/56/0123456789 
    */
   public static final int[] DEFAULT_STRORAGE_TREE_DISTRIBUTION = {2, 2, 2, 4};
   
   /**
    * How big buffer to use to process files.
    */
   public static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 65536;
   
   // Cached values ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
    * Temporary directory to use. It is guarantee that it ends with \ (or /)
    */
   protected static String s_strTempDirectory;
   
   // Constructors /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
  
   
   /**
    * Move file to a new location. If the destination is on different volume,
    * this file will be copied and then original file will be deleted.
    * If the destination already exists, this method renames it with different
    * name and leaves it in that directory and moves the new file along side 
    * the renamed one.
    * 
    * @param flCurrent - file to move
    * @param flDestination - destination file
    * @throws IOException - error message
    * @throws OSSException - error message
    */
   public static void moveFile(
      File flCurrent, 
      File flDestination
   ) throws IOException
   {
      // Make sure that the source exist, it might be already moved from 
      // a directory and we just don"t know about it
      if (flCurrent.exists())
      {
         // Next check if the destination file exists
         if (flDestination.exists())
         {
            // If the destination exists, that means something went wrong
            // Rename the destination file under temporaty name and try to  
            // move the new file instead of it
          
            renameToTemporaryName(flDestination, "old");
         }
      
         // Make sure the directory exists and if not create it
         File flFolder;
         
         flFolder = flDestination.getParentFile();
         if ((flFolder != null) && (!flFolder.exists()))
         {
            if (!flFolder.mkdirs())
            {
               // Do not throw the exception if the directory already exists
               // because it was created meanwhile for example by a different 
               // thread
               if (!flFolder.exists())
               {
                  throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + flFolder);
               }
            }
         }
         
         // Now everything should exist so try to rename the file first
         // After testing, this renames files even between volumes C to H 
         // so we don"t have to do anything else on Windows but we still
         // have to handle erro on Unix 
         if (!flCurrent.renameTo(flDestination))
         {
            // Try to copy and delete since the rename doesn"t work on Solaris
            // between file systems
            copyFile(flCurrent, flDestination);
            
            // Now delete the file
            if (!flCurrent.delete())
            {
               // Delete the destination file first since we haven"t really moved
               // the file
               flDestination.delete();
               throw new IOException("Cannot delete already copied file " + flCurrent);
            }
         }
      }   
   }
 
   /**
    * Copy the current file to the destination file.
    * 
    * @param flCurrent - source file
    * @param flDestination - destination file
    * @throws IOException - error message
    * @throws OSSException - error message
    */  
   public static void copyFile(
      File flCurrent,
      File flDestination
   ) throws IOException
   {
     // Make sure the directory exists and if not create it
     File flFolder;
     
     flFolder = flDestination.getParentFile();
     if ((flFolder != null) && (!flFolder.exists()))
     {
        if (!flFolder.mkdirs())
        {
           // Do not throw the exception if the directory already exists
           // because it was created meanwhile for example by a different 
           // thread
           if (!flFolder.exists())
           {
              throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + flFolder);
           }
        }
     }
      // FileChannel srcChannel = null;
      // FileChannel dstChannel = null;
      FileInputStream finInput = null;
      
      //MHALAS: This code is not working reliably on Solaris 8 with 1.4.1_01
      // Getting exceptions from native code
      /*
      // Create channel on the source
      srcChannel = new FileInputStream(flCurrent).getChannel();
      // Create channel on the destination
      dstChannel = new FileOutputStream(flDestination).getChannel();
 
      // Copy file contents from source to destination
      dstChannel.transferFrom(srcChannel, 0, srcChannel.size());   
         
      Don"t forget to close the channels if you enable this code again
      */
      try
      {
         finInput = new FileInputStream(flCurrent);
      }
      catch (IOException ioExec)
      {
         if (finInput != null)
         {
            try
            {
               finInput.close();
            }
            catch (Throwable thr)
            {
              
            }
         }
         throw ioExec;
      }
      FileUtils.copyStreamToFile(finInput, flDestination);
   }
   
   /**
    * Rename the file to temporaty name with given prefix
    * 
    * @param flFileToRename - file to rename
    * @param strPrefix - prefix to use
    * @throws IOException - error message
    */
   public static void renameToTemporaryName(
      File   flFileToRename,
      String strPrefix
   ) throws IOException
   {
      assert strPrefix != null : "Prefix cannot be null.";
      
      String       strParent;
      StringBuffer sbBuffer = new StringBuffer();
      File         flTemp;
      int          iIndex = 0;
      
      strParent = flFileToRename.getParent();
      // Generate new name for the file in a deterministic way
      do
      {
         iIndex++;
         sbBuffer.delete(0, sbBuffer.length());
         if (strParent != null) 
         {
            sbBuffer.append(strParent);
            sbBuffer.append(File.separatorChar);
         }
         
         sbBuffer.append(strPrefix);
         sbBuffer.append("_");
         sbBuffer.append(iIndex);
         sbBuffer.append("_");
         sbBuffer.append(flFileToRename.getName());
               
         flTemp = new File(sbBuffer.toString());
      }      
      while (flTemp.exists());
      
      // Now we should have unique name
      if (!flFileToRename.renameTo(flTemp))
      {
         throw new IOException("Cannot rename " + flFileToRename.getAbsolutePath()
                               + " to " + flTemp.getAbsolutePath());
      }
   }
   /** 
    * Delete all files and directories in directory but do not delete the
    * directory itself.
    * 
    * @param strDir - string that specifies directory to delete
    * @return boolean - sucess flag
    */
   public static boolean deleteDirectoryContent(
      String strDir
   )
   {
      return ((strDir != null) && (strDir.length() > 0)) 
              ? deleteDirectoryContent(new File(strDir)) : false;
   }
   /** 
    * Delete all files and directories in directory but do not delete the
    * directory itself.
    * 
    * @param fDir - directory to delete
    * @return boolean - sucess flag
    */
   public static boolean deleteDirectoryContent(
      File fDir
   )
   {
      boolean bRetval = false;
      if (fDir != null && fDir.isDirectory()) 
      {
         File[] files = fDir.listFiles();
   
         if (files != null)
         {
            bRetval = true;
            boolean dirDeleted;
            
            for (int index = 0; index < files.length; index++)
            {
               if (files[index].isDirectory())
               {
                  // TODO: Performance: Implement this as a queue where you add to
                  // the end and take from the beginning, it will be more efficient
                  // than the recursion
                  dirDeleted = deleteDirectoryContent(files[index]);
                  if (dirDeleted)
                  {
                     bRetval = bRetval && files[index].delete();
                  }
                  else
                  {
                     bRetval = false;
                  }
               }
               else
               {
                  bRetval = bRetval && files[index].delete();
               }
            }
         }
      }
      return bRetval;
   }
   /**
    * Deletes all files and subdirectories under the specified directory including 
    * the specified directory
    * 
    * @param strDir - string that specifies directory to be deleted
    * @return boolean - true if directory was successfully deleted
    */
   public static boolean deleteDir(
      String strDir
   ) 
   {
      return ((strDir != null) && (strDir.length() > 0)) 
                ? deleteDir(new File(strDir)) : false;
   }
   
   /**
    * Deletes all files and subdirectories under the specified directory including 
    * the specified directory
    * 
    * @param fDir - directory to be deleted
    * @return boolean - true if directory was successfully deleted
    */
   public static boolean deleteDir(
      File fDir
   ) 
   {
      boolean bRetval = false;
      if (fDir != null && fDir.exists())
      {
         bRetval = deleteDirectoryContent(fDir);
         if (bRetval)
         {
            bRetval = bRetval && fDir.delete();         
         }
      }
      return bRetval;
   }
   
   /**
    * Compare binary files. Both files must be files (not directories) and exist.
    * 
    * @param first  - first file
    * @param second - second file
    * @return boolean - true if files are binery equal
    * @throws IOException - error in function
    */
   public boolean isFileBinaryEqual(
      File first,
      File second
   ) throws IOException
   {
      // TODO: Test: Missing test
      boolean retval = false;
      
      if ((first.exists()) && (second.exists()) 
         && (first.isFile()) && (second.isFile()))
      {
         if (first.getCanonicalPath().equals(second.getCanonicalPath()))
         {
            retval = true;
         }
         else
         {
            FileInputStream firstInput = null;
            FileInputStream secondInput = null;
            BufferedInputStream bufFirstInput = null;
            BufferedInputStream bufSecondInput = null;
            try
            {            
               firstInput = new FileInputStream(first); 
               secondInput = new FileInputStream(second);
               bufFirstInput = new BufferedInputStream(firstInput, BUFFER_SIZE); 
               bufSecondInput = new BufferedInputStream(secondInput, BUFFER_SIZE);
   
               int firstByte;
               int secondByte;
               
               while (true)
               {
                  firstByte = bufFirstInput.read();
                  secondByte = bufSecondInput.read();
                  if (firstByte != secondByte)
                  {
                     break;
                  }
                  if ((firstByte < 0) && (secondByte < 0))
                  {
                     retval = true;
                     break;
                  }
               }
            }
            finally
            {
               try
               {
                  if (bufFirstInput != null)
                  {
                     bufFirstInput.close();
                  }
               }
               finally
               {
                  if (bufSecondInput != null)
                  {
                     bufSecondInput.close();
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
      
      return retval;
   }

      
   /**
    * Get path which represents temporary directory. It is guarantee that it 
    * ends with \ (or /).
    * 
    * @return String
    */
   public static String getTemporaryDirectory(
   )
   {
      return s_strTempDirectory;
   }
   
   /**
    * Copy any input stream to output file. Once the data will be copied
    * the stream will be closed.
    * 
    * @param input  - InputStream to copy from
    * @param output - File to copy to
    * @throws IOException - error in function
    * @throws OSSMultiException - double error in function
    */
   public static void copyStreamToFile(
      InputStream input,
      File        output
   ) throws IOException
   {
      FileOutputStream foutOutput = null;
      // open input file as stream safe - it can throw some IOException
      try
      {
         foutOutput = new FileOutputStream(output);
      }
      catch (IOException ioExec)
      {
         if (foutOutput != null)
         {
            try
            {
               foutOutput.close();
            }
            catch (IOException ioExec2)
            {
               
            }
         }            
         
         throw ioExec;
      }
      // all streams including os are closed in copyStreamToStream function 
      // in any case
      copyStreamToStream(input, foutOutput);
   }
   /**
    * Copy any input stream to output stream. Once the data will be copied
    * both streams will be closed.
    * 
    * @param input  - InputStream to copy from
    * @param output - OutputStream to copy to
    * @throws IOException - io error in function
    * @throws OSSMultiException - double error in function
    */
   public static void copyStreamToStream(
      InputStream input,
      OutputStream output
   ) throws IOException
   {
      InputStream is = null;
      OutputStream os = null;
      int                 ch;
      try
      {
         if (input instanceof BufferedInputStream)
         {
            is = input;
         }
         else
         {
            is = new BufferedInputStream(input);
         }
         if (output instanceof BufferedOutputStream)
         {
            os = output;
         }
         else
         {
            os = new BufferedOutputStream(output);
         }
   
         while ((ch = is.read()) != -1)
         {
            os.write(ch);
         }
         os.flush();
      }
      finally
      {
         IOException exec1 = null;
         IOException exec2 = null;
         try
         {
            // because this close can throw exception we do next close in 
            // finally statement
            if (os != null)
            {
               try
               {
                  os.close();
               }
               catch (IOException exec)
               {
                  exec1 = exec;
               }
            }
         }
         finally
         {
            if (is != null)
            {
               try
               {
                  is.close();
               }
               catch (IOException exec)
               {
                  exec2 = exec;
               }
            }
         }
         if ((exec1 != null) && (exec2 != null))
         {
           throw exec1;
         }
         else if (exec1 != null)
         {
            throw exec1;
         }
         else if (exec2 != null)
         {
            throw exec2;
         }
      }
   }
}





Deletes the diretory and any files and directories in it recursively.

  
/*
 * Copyright Aduna (http://www.aduna-software.ru/) (c) 1997-2006.
 *
 * Licensed under the Aduna BSD-style license.
 */
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
public class Main {
  
  /**
   * Deletes the specified diretory and any files and directories in it
   * recursively.
   * 
   * @param dir The directory to remove.
   * @throws IOException If the directory could not be removed.
   */
  public static void deleteDir(File dir)
    throws IOException
  {
    if (!dir.isDirectory()) {
      throw new IOException("Not a directory " + dir);
    }
    
    File[] files = dir.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
      File file = files[i];
      
      if (file.isDirectory()) {
        deleteDir(file);
      }
      else {
        boolean deleted = file.delete();
        if (!deleted) {
          throw new IOException("Unable to delete file" + file);
        }
      }
    }
    
    dir.delete();
  }
}





Delete the file or non-empty directory at the supplied path

 
/*
 * 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();
  }
}





Empty and delete a folder (and subfolders).

 
import java.io.File;
public class Utils {
  /**
   * Empty and delete a folder (and subfolders).
   * @param folder
   *            folder to empty
   */
  public static void rmdir(final File folder) {
      // check if folder file is a real folder
      if (folder.isDirectory()) {
          File[] list = folder.listFiles();
          if (list != null) {
              for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
                  File tmpF = list[i];
                  if (tmpF.isDirectory()) {
                      rmdir(tmpF);
                  }
                  tmpF.delete();
              }
          }
          if (!folder.delete()) {
            System.out.println("can"t delete folder : " + folder);
          }
      }
  }
}





Recursively delete a file and all its contents

 
import java.io.File;
public class Utils {
  /**
   * Recursively delete a file and all its contents.
   * 
   * @param root
   *          the root to delete
   */
  public static void recursiveDelete(File root) {
    if (root == null) {
      return;
    }
    if (root.isDirectory()) {
      File[] files = root.listFiles();
      if (files != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
          File file = files[i];
          if (file.isDirectory()) {
            recursiveDelete(file);
          } else {
            file.delete();
          }
        }
      }
    }
    root.delete();
  }
}





Remove file or directory

     
/* 
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you 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
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 *
 */
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/**
 * 
 * FileUtils is a collection of routines for common file system operations.
 * 
 * @author Dan Jemiolo (danj)
 * 
 */
public final class FileUtils {
  /**
   * 
   * Starts at the directory given and tests to see whether it is empty; if so,
   * it deletes it and moves up the directory tree, deleting empty directories
   * until it finds a non-empty one.
   * 
   * @param directory
   *          The first directory to test.
   * 
   * @throws IOException
   *           <ul>
   *           <li>If the directory does not exist or the user does not have
   *           permission to delete it or its parents.</li>
   *           </ul>
   * 
   */
  public static void pruneEmptyDirectories(File directory) throws IOException {
    if (directory == null)
      throw new NullPointerException("NullFile");
    if (!directory.isDirectory()) {
      Object[] filler = { directory.getAbsolutePath() };
      String message = "NotDirectory";
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(message);
    }
    //
    // check to see if the directory is now empty and, if so, delete it
    // too, moving up the tree until we find one with stuff in it
    //
    while (directory != null) {
      File[] directoryFiles = directory.listFiles();
      //
      // if the directory has files, we"re done
      //
      if (directoryFiles.length > 0)
        break;
      if (!directory.delete()) {
        Object[] filler = { directory.getAbsolutePath() };
        String message = "DeleteFailed";
        throw new IOException(message);
      }
      //
      // go up the tree
      //
      directory = directory.getParentFile();
    }
  }
  /**
   * 
   * The application"s current working directory.
   * 
   */
  public static final File CURRENT_DIR = new File(".");

  /**
   * 
   * This is a convenience method that calls remove(File, boolean) with the
   * second parameter set to "false" (doesn"t prune empty directories).
   * 
   * @see #remove(File, boolean)
   * 
   */
  public static void remove(File file) throws IOException {
    remove(file, false);
  }
  /**
   * 
   * @param file
   *          The file or directory to delete.
   * 
   * @param pruneEmptyDirectories
   *          True if the deletion results in an empty parent directory. If set
   *          to true, this method will traverse up the directory tree, deleting
   *          directories that are made empty by the deletion.
   * 
   * @throws IOException
   *           <ul>
   *           <li>If there was an error trying to remove the file or
   *           directory. The file system may be in an inconsistent state when
   *           the exception is thrown (directories may be partially deleted,
   *           etc.).</li>
   *           </ul>
   * 
   */
  public static void remove(File file, boolean pruneEmptyDirectories) throws IOException {
    if (file == null)
      throw new NullPointerException("NullFile");
    if (file.isDirectory())
      removeDirectory(file);
    else
      removeFile(file);
    if (pruneEmptyDirectories)
      pruneEmptyDirectories(file.getParentFile());
  }
  private static void removeDirectory(File directory) throws IOException {
    File[] files = directory.listFiles();
    //
    // for all items in the directory...
    //
    for (int n = 0; n < files.length; ++n) {
      File nextFile = files[n];
      //
      // if it"s a directory, delete sub-directories and files before
      // removing the empty directory
      //
      if (nextFile.isDirectory())
        removeDirectory(nextFile);
      //
      // otherwise just delete the file - do NOT prune the directory
      // in advance
      //
      else
        removeFile(nextFile);
    }
    //
    // now that everything"s gone, delete the specified directory
    //
    if (!directory.delete()) {
      Object[] filler = { directory.getAbsolutePath() };
      String message = "DeleteFailed";
      throw new IOException(message);
    }
  }
  private static void removeFile(File file) throws IOException {
    //
    // make sure the file exists, then delete it
    //
    if (!file.exists())
      throw new FileNotFoundException(file.getAbsolutePath());
    if (!file.delete()) {
      Object[] filler = { file.getAbsolutePath() };
      String message = "DeleteFailed";
      throw new IOException(message);
    }
  }
}





Utilities for file delete copy close

   
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  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
  * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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  * 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.
  *
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  * 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.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * A collection of file utilities.
 *
 * @author  
 * @version $Revision: 1958 $
 */
public final class Files
{
  
   /** for byte-to-hex conversions */
   private static final char[] hexDigits = new char[]
      { "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F" };
   
   /** The default size of the copy buffer. */
   public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 8192;
   /** Delete a file, or a directory and all of its contents.
    *
    * @param dir The directory or file to delete.
    * @return True if all delete operations were successfull.
    */
   public static boolean delete(final File dir)
   {
      boolean success = true;
      File files[] = dir.listFiles();
      if (files != null)
      {
         for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
         {
            File f = files[i];
            if( f.isDirectory() == true )
            {
               // delete the directory and all of its contents.
               if( delete(f) == false )
               {
                  success = false;
                  System.out.println("Failed to delete dir: "+f.getAbsolutePath());
               }
            }
            // delete each file in the directory
            else if( f.delete() == false )
            {
               success = false;
               System.out.println("Failed to delete file: "+f.getAbsolutePath());
            }
         }
      }
      // finally delete the directory
      if( dir.delete() == false )
      {
         success = false;
         System.out.println("Failed to delete dir: "+dir.getAbsolutePath());
      }
      return success;
   }
   /**
    * Delete a file or directory and all of its contents.
    *
    * @param dirname  The name of the file or directory to delete.
    * @return True if all delete operations were successfull.
    */
   public static boolean delete(final String dirname)
   {
      return delete(new File(dirname));
   }
   /**
    * Delete a directory contaning the given file and all its contents.
    *
    * @param filename a file or directory in the containing directory to delete
    * @return true if all delete operations were successfull, false if any
    * delete failed.
    */
   public static boolean deleteContaining(final String filename)
   {
      File file = new File(filename);
      File containingDir = file.getParentFile();
      return delete(containingDir);
   }
   /**
    * Copy a file.
    *
    * @param source  Source file to copy.
    * @param target  Destination target file.
    * @param buff    The copy buffer.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy file.
    */
   public static void copy(final File source,
         final File target,
         final byte buff[])
         throws IOException
   {
      BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(source));
      BufferedOutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(target));
      int read;
      try
      {
         while ((read = in.read(buff)) != -1)
         {
            out.write(buff, 0, read);
         }
      }
      finally
      {
         Streams.flush(out);
         Streams.close(in);
         Streams.close(out);
      }
   }
   /**
    * Copy a file.
    *
    * @param source  Source file to copy.
    * @param target  Destination target file.
    * @param size    The size of the copy buffer.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy file.
    */
   public static void copy(final File source,
         final File target,
         final int size)
         throws IOException
   {
      copy(source, target, new byte[size]);
   }
   /**
    * Copy a file.
    *
    * @param source  Source file to copy.
    * @param target  Destination target file.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy file.
    */
   public static void copy(final File source, final File target)
         throws IOException
   {
      copy(source, target, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
   }
   
   /**
    * Copy a remote/local URL to a local file
    * 
    * @param src the remote or local URL
    * @param dest the local file
    * @throws IOException upon error
    */
   public static void copy(URL src, File dest) throws IOException
   {
     System.out.println("Copying " + src + " -> " + dest);
      
      // Validate that the dest parent directory structure exists
      File dir = dest.getParentFile();
      if (!dir.exists())
      {
         if (!dir.mkdirs())
         {
            throw new IOException("mkdirs failed for: " + dir.getAbsolutePath());
         }
      }
      // Remove any existing dest content
      if (dest.exists())
      {
         if (!Files.delete(dest))
         {
            throw new IOException("delete of previous content failed for: " + dest.getAbsolutePath());
         }
      }
      // Treat local and remote URLs the same
      // prepare streams, do the copy and flush
      InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(src.openStream());
      OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(dest));
      Streams.copy(in, out);
      out.flush();
      out.close();
      in.close();
   }
   
   /**
    * Used to encode any string into a string that is safe to use as 
    * a file name on most operating systems.
    * 
    * Use decodeFileName() to get back the original string.
    * 
    * Copied by Adrian"s org.jboss.mq.pm.file.PersistenceManager
    * and adapted to use hex instead of decimal digits
    * 
    * @param name the filename to encode
    * @return a filesystem-friendly filename
    */   
   public static String encodeFileName(String name)
   {
      return encodeFileName(name, "@");
   }
   
   /**
    * Used to decode a file system friendly filename produced
    * by encodeFileName() method, above.
    * 
    * Copied by Adrian"s org.jboss.mq.pm.file.PersistenceManager
    * and adapted to use hex instead of decimal digits
    * 
    * Note:
    *   Decoding will not work if encoding produced
    *   multi-byte encoded characters. If this is truly
    *   needed we"ll have to revise the encoding.
    * 
    * @param name the filename to decode
    * @return the original name
    */
   public static String decodeFileName(String name)
   {
      return decodeFileName(name, "@");
   }
   
   /**
    * See encodeFileName(String) above.
    * 
    * @param name the filename to encode
    * @param escape the escape character to use
    * @return a filesystem-friendly filename
    */ 
   public static String encodeFileName(String name, char escape)
   {
      StringBuffer rc = new StringBuffer();
      for (int i = 0; i < name.length(); i++ )
      {
         switch (name.charAt(i))
         {
            // These are the safe characters...
            case "a": case "A": case "b": case "B": case "c": case "C":
            case "d": case "D": case "e": case "E": case "f": case "F":
            case "g": case "G": case "h": case "H": case "i": case "I":
            case "j": case "J": case "k": case "K": case "l": case "L":
            case "m": case "M": case "n": case "N": case "o": case "O":
            case "p": case "P": case "q": case "Q": case "r": case "R":
            case "s": case "S": case "t": case "T": case "u": case "U":
            case "v": case "V": case "w": case "W": case "x": case "X":
            case "y": case "Y": case "z": case "Z":
            case "1": case "2": case "3": case "4": case "5": 
            case "6": case "7": case "8": case "9": case "0": 
            case "-": case "_": case ".":
               rc.append(name.charAt(i));
               break;
            // Any other character needs to be encoded.
            default:
            
               // We encode the characters as <esc>hh,
               // where <esc> is the passed escape character and
               // hh is the hex value of the UTF8 byte of the character.
               // You might get <esc>hh<esc>hh since UTF8 can produce multiple
               // bytes for a single character.
               try
               {
                  byte data[] = ("" + name.charAt(i)).getBytes("UTF8");
                  for (int j = 0; j < data.length; j++)
                  {
                     rc.append(escape);
                     rc.append(hexDigits[ (data[j] >> 4) & 0xF ]); // high order digit
                     rc.append(hexDigits[ (data[j]     ) & 0xF ]); // low order digit                     
                  }
               }
               catch (UnsupportedEncodingException wonthappen)
               {
                  // nada
               }
         }
      }
      return rc.toString();
   }
   /**
    * See decodeFileName(String) above.
    *  
    * @param name the filename to decode
    * @param escape the escape character to use
    * @return the original name
    */
   public static String decodeFileName(String name, char escape)
   {
      if (name == null)
      {
         return null;
      }
      StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer(name.length());
      
      for (int i = 0; i < name.length(); i++)
      {
         char c = name.charAt(i);
         if (c == escape)
         {
            char h1 = name.charAt(++i);
            char h2 = name.charAt(++i);
            // convert hex digits to integers
            int d1 = (h1 >= "a") ? (10 + h1 - "a")
                  : ((h1 >= "A") ? (10 + h1 - "A") 
                                     :  (h1 - "0"));
            
            int d2 = (h2 >= "a") ? (10 + h2 - "a")
                  : ((h2 >= "A") ? (10 + h2 - "A")
                                      : (h2 - "0"));
            
            // handling only the <esc>hh case here, as we don"t know
            // if <esc>hh<esc>hh belong to the same character
            // (and we are lazy to change the encoding) - REVISIT
            byte[] bytes = new byte[] { (byte)(d1 * 16 + d2) };
            
            try 
            {
               String s = new String(bytes, "UTF8");
               sbuf.append(s);
            }
            catch (UnsupportedEncodingException wonthappen)
            {
               // nada
            }
         }
         else
         {
            sbuf.append(c);
         }
      }
      return sbuf.toString();
   }      

}
final class Streams
{
   private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger("Streams.class");
   
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   //                               Closing                               //
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   /**
    * Attempt to close an <tt>InputStream</tt>.
    *
    * @param stream  <tt>InputStream</tt> to attempt to close.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if stream was closed (or stream was null),
    *                or <tt>false</tt> if an exception was thrown.
    */
   public static boolean close(final InputStream stream) {
      // do not attempt to close null stream, but return sucess
      if (stream == null) {
         return true;
      }
      
      boolean success = true;
      try {
         stream.close();
      }
      catch (IOException e) {
         success = false;
      }
      return success;
   }
   /**
    * Attempt to close an <tt>OutputStream</tt>.
    *
    * @param stream  <tt>OutputStream</tt> to attempt to close.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if stream was closed (or stream was null),
    *                or <tt>false</tt> if an exception was thrown.
    */
   public static boolean close(final OutputStream stream) {
      // do not attempt to close null stream, but return sucess
      if (stream == null) {
         return true;
      }
      boolean success = true;
      try {
         stream.close();
      }
      catch (IOException e) {
         success = false;
      }
      return success;
   }
   /**
    * Attempt to close an <tt>InputStream</tt> or <tt>OutputStream</tt>.
    *
    * @param stream  Stream to attempt to close.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if stream was closed (or stream was null),
    *                or <tt>false</tt> if an exception was thrown.
    *
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException    Stream is not an <tt>InputStream</tt>
    *                                     or <tt>OuputStream</tt>.
    */
   public static boolean close(final Object stream) {
      boolean success = false;
      if (stream instanceof InputStream) {
         success = close((InputStream)stream);
      }
      else if (stream instanceof OutputStream) {
         success = close((OutputStream)stream);
      }
      else {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException
            ("stream is not an InputStream or OutputStream");
      }
      return success;
   }
   /**
    * Attempt to close an array of <tt>InputStream</tt>s.
    *
    * @param streams Array of <tt>InputStream</tt>s to attempt to close.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if all streams were closed, or <tt>false</tt>
    *                if an exception was thrown.
    */
   public static boolean close(final InputStream[] streams) {
      boolean success = true;
      for (int i=0; i<streams.length; i++) {
         boolean rv = close(streams[i]);
         if (!rv) success = false;
      }
      return success;
   }
   /**
    * Attempt to close an array of <tt>OutputStream</tt>s.
    *
    * @param streams Array of <tt>OutputStream</tt>s to attempt to close.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if all streams were closed, or <tt>false</tt>
    *                if an exception was thrown.
    */
   public static boolean close(final OutputStream[] streams) {
      boolean success = true;
      for (int i=0; i<streams.length; i++) {
         boolean rv = close(streams[i]);
         if (!rv) success = false;
      }
      return success;
   }
   /**
    * Attempt to close an array of <tt>InputStream</tt>a and/or 
    * <tt>OutputStream</tt>s.
    *
    * @param streams Array of streams to attempt to close.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if all streams were closed, or <tt>false</tt>
    *                if an exception was thrown.
    *
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException    Stream is not an <tt>InputStream</tt>
    *                                     or <tt>OuputStream</tt>.  Closing 
    *                                     stops at the last valid stream
    *                                     object in this case.
    */
   public static boolean close(final Object[] streams) {
      boolean success = true;
      for (int i=0; i<streams.length; i++) {
         boolean rv = close(streams[i]);
         if (!rv) success = false;
      }
      return success;
   }
   /**
    * Attempt to flush and close an <tt>OutputStream</tt>.
    *
    * @param stream  <tt>OutputStream</tt> to attempt to flush and close.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if stream was flushed and closed, or
    *                <tt>false</tt> if an exception was thrown.
    */
   public static boolean fclose(final OutputStream stream) {
       return flush(stream) && close(stream);
   }
   /**
    * Attempt to flush and close an array of <tt>OutputStream</tt>s.
    *
    * @param streams  <tt>OutputStream</tt>s to attempt to flush and close.
    * @return         <tt>True</tt> if all streams were flushed and closed, 
    *                 or <tt>false</tt> if an exception was thrown.
    */
   public static boolean fclose(final OutputStream[] streams) {
      boolean success = true;
      for (int i=0; i<streams.length; i++) {
         boolean rv = fclose(streams[i]); 
         if (!rv) success = false;
      }
      return success;
   }
    
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   //                                Flushing                             //
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   /**
    * Attempt to flush an <tt>OutputStream</tt>.
    *
    * @param stream  <tt>OutputStream</tt> to attempt to flush.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if stream was flushed (or stream was null),
    *                or <tt>false</tt> if an exception was thrown.
    */
   public static boolean flush(final OutputStream stream) {
      // do not attempt to close null stream, but return sucess
      if (stream == null) {
         return true;
      }
      
      boolean success = true;
      try {
         stream.flush();
      }
      catch (IOException e) {
         success = false;
      }
      return success;
   }
   /**
    * Attempt to flush an array of <tt>OutputStream</tt>s.
    *
    * @param streams <tt>OutputStream</tt>s to attempt to flush.
    * @return        <tt>True</tt> if all streams were flushed, or <tt>false</tt>
    *                 if an exception was thrown.
    */
   public static boolean flush(final OutputStream[] streams) {
      boolean success = true;
      for (int i=0; i<streams.length; i++) {
         boolean rv = flush(streams[i]);
         if (!rv) success = false;
      }
      return success;
   }

   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   //                                  Misc                               //
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   /** The default buffer size that will be used for buffered operations. */
   public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
   /**
    * Copy all of the bytes from the input stream to the output stream.
    *
    * @param input   Stream to read bytes from.
    * @param output  Stream to write bytes to.
    * @param buffer  The buffer to use while copying.
    * @return        The total number of bytes copied.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy bytes.
    */
   public static long copy(final InputStream input, 
                           final OutputStream output, 
                           final byte buffer[])
      throws IOException
   {
      long total = 0;
      int read;
      System.out.println("copying " + input + " to " + output + " with buffer size: " + buffer.length);
      
      while ((read = input.read(buffer)) != -1) {
         output.write(buffer, 0, read);
         total += read;
         System.out.println("bytes read: " + read + "; total bytes read: " + total);
      }
      return total;
   }
   /**
    * Copy all of the bytes from the input stream to the output stream.
    *
    * @param input   Stream to read bytes from.
    * @param output  Stream to write bytes to.
    * @param size    The size of the buffer to use while copying.
    * @return        The total number of bytes copied.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy bytes.
    */
   public static long copy(final InputStream input, 
                           final OutputStream output, 
                           final int size)
      throws IOException
   {
      return copy(input, output, new byte[size]);
   }
   /**
    * Copy all of the bytes from the input stream to the output stream.
    *
    * @param input   Stream to read bytes from.
    * @param output  Stream to write bytes to.
    * @return        The total number of bytes copied.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy bytes.
    */
   public static long copy(final InputStream input, 
                           final OutputStream output)
      throws IOException
   {
      return copy(input, output, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
   }
   /**
    * Copy all of the bytes from the input stream to the output stream
    * wrapping streams in buffers as needed.
    *
    * @param input   Stream to read bytes from.
    * @param output  Stream to write bytes to.
    * @return        The total number of bytes copied.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy bytes.
    */
   public static long copyb(InputStream input, 
                            OutputStream output)
      throws IOException
   {
      if (!(input instanceof BufferedInputStream)) {
         input = new BufferedInputStream(input);
      }
      
      if (!(output instanceof BufferedOutputStream)) {
         output = new BufferedOutputStream(output);
      }
      long bytes = copy(input, output, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
      output.flush();
      return bytes;
   }
   
   /**
    * Copy a limited number of bytes from the input stream to the 
    * output stream.
    *
    * @param input   Stream to read bytes from.
    * @param output  Stream to write bytes to.
    * @param buffer  The buffer to use while copying.
    * @param length  The maximum number of bytes to copy.
    * @return        The total number of bytes copied.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy bytes.
    */
   public static long copySome(final InputStream input, 
                               final OutputStream output, 
                               final byte buffer[],
                               final long length)
      throws IOException
   {
      long total = 0;
      int read;
      int readLength;
     
      // setup the initial readLength, if length is less than the buffer
      // size, then we only want to read that much
      readLength = Math.min((int)length, buffer.length);
      System.out.println("initial read length: " + readLength);

      while (readLength != 0 && (read = input.read(buffer, 0, readLength)) != -1) 
      {
        System.out.println("read bytes: " + read);
         output.write(buffer, 0, read);
         total += read;
         System.out.println("total bytes read: " + total);
         // update the readLength
         readLength = Math.min((int)(length - total), buffer.length);
         System.out.println("next read length: " + readLength);
      }
      return total;
   }
   /**
    * Copy a limited number of bytes from the input stream to the 
    * output stream.
    *
    * @param input   Stream to read bytes from.
    * @param output  Stream to write bytes to.
    * @param size    The size of the buffer to use while copying.
    * @param length  The maximum number of bytes to copy.
    * @return        The total number of bytes copied.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy bytes.
    */
   public static long copySome(final InputStream input, 
                               final OutputStream output, 
                               final int size,
                               final long length)
      throws IOException
   {
      return copySome(input, output, new byte[size], length);
   }
   /**
    * Copy a limited number of bytes from the input stream to the 
    * output stream.
    *
    * @param input   Stream to read bytes from.
    * @param output  Stream to write bytes to.
    * @param length  The maximum number of bytes to copy.
    * @return        The total number of bytes copied.
    *
    * @throws IOException  Failed to copy bytes.
    */
   public static long copySome(final InputStream input, 
                               final OutputStream output, 
                               final long length)
      throws IOException
   {
      return copySome(input, output, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, length);
   }
}