FileUtils.java

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package com.openmeap.util;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;

public abstract class FileUtils {
	private FileUtils() {}
	
    /**
     * By default File#delete fails for non-empty directories, it works like "rm". 
     * We need something a little more brutual - this does the equivalent of "rm -r"
     * @param path Root File Path
     * @return true iff the file and all sub files/directories have been removed
     * @throws FileNotFoundException
     */
    public static boolean deleteRecursive(File path) throws FileNotFoundException {
        if (!path.exists()) throw new FileNotFoundException(path.getAbsolutePath());
        boolean ret = true;
        if (path.isDirectory()){
        	Iterator filesIter = Arrays.asList(path.listFiles()).iterator();
            while ( filesIter.hasNext() ){
            	File f = (File) filesIter.next();
                ret = ret && FileUtils.deleteRecursive(f);
            }
        }
        return ret && path.delete();
    }
}