FileUtils.java

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package com.twitter.common.util;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * Utilities for working with Files
 *
 * @author Florian Leibert
 */
public final class FileUtils {

  private FileUtils() {
  }

  /**
   * recursively deletes the path and all it's content and returns true if it succeeds
   * Note that the content could be partially deleted and the method return false
   *
   * @param path the path to delete
   * @return true if the path was deleted
   */
  public static boolean forceDeletePath(File path) {
    if (path == null) {
      return false;
    }
    if (path.exists() && path.isDirectory()) {
      File[] files = path.listFiles();
      for (File file : files) {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
          forceDeletePath(file);
        } else {
          file.delete();
        }
      }
    }
    return path.delete();
  }
}