Java Utililty Methods Directory Delete

boolean emptyDir(File dir)
Delete the contents of a directory, leaving the empty directory.

String files[] = dir.list();
if (files == null) {
 return false; 
boolean ret = true;
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
 File f = new File(dir, files[i]);
 if (f.isDirectory()) {
...

void emptyDir(File dir)
empty Dir

if (!(dir.exists() && dir.canWrite())) {
 throw new IOException(
 "Kann Verzeichnis nicht leeren, es ist nicht vorhanden " + "oder nicht beschreibbar");
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
 String[] children = dir.list();
 for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
 File current = new File(dir, children[i]);
...

boolean emptyDir(File dir)
Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir.

if (dir.isDirectory()) {
 for (File child : dir.listFiles()) {
 boolean success = deleteDir(child);
 if (!success) {
 return false;
return true;

void emptyDir(File dir)
empty Dir

if (dir.isDirectory()) {
 String[] files = dir.list();
 if (files != null) {
 for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i += 1) {
 new File(dir, files[i]).delete();
} else {
...

void emptyDir(File dir)
empty Dir

File[] files = dir.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
 if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
 emptyDir(files[i]);
 files[i].delete();

void emptyDir(File directory)
empty Dir

if (directory.exists() && directory.isDirectory()) {
 File[] contents = directory.listFiles();
 for (File file : contents) {
 if (file.isDirectory()) {
 emptyDir(file);
 file.delete();
 } else {
 file.delete();
...

boolean emptyDir(String dirName)
empty Dir

boolean result = false;
File dir = new File(dirName);
if (dir != null && dir.isDirectory()) {
 File[] files = dir.listFiles();
 result = files.length == 0 ? true : false;
return result;

void emptyDir(String path)
empty Dir

File dir = new File(path);
assert dir.isDirectory();
for (File file : dir.listFiles()) {
 delete(file);

void emptyDirectory(File dir)
empty Directory

for (File f : dir.listFiles()) {
 f.delete();

void emptyDirectory(File dir)
empty Directory

File[] files = dir.listFiles();
if (files == null) {
 return;
int len = files.length;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 File file = files[i];
 if (file.isDirectory()) {
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