com.evanmclean.evlib.io
Class RecursiveDelete

java.lang.Object
  com.evanmclean.evlib.io.RecursiveDelete

public class RecursiveDelete
extends Object

Delete entire contents of a folder, with optional error handling.

Author:

Evan M^cLean M^cLean Computer Services (see the overview for copyright and licensing.)

Constructor Summary

RecursiveDelete()
Instantiates a recursive deleter that will continue even if it has an error during file deletion.

RecursiveDelete(boolean continue_on_error)
Instantiates a recursive deleter.

Method Summary

boolean	deleteAll(File base) Deletes the specified file/directory, plus any sub-directories.
boolean	deleteChildren(File base) Perform recursive delete of all children of the specified directory.
protected void	errorHandler(File base) Can be overridden to handle errors.
boolean	isContinueOnError() Indicates if we continue despite any errors that occurred during file copying.
void	setContinueOnError(boolean continue_on_error) Indicates if we continue despite any errors that occurred during file copying.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RecursiveDelete

public RecursiveDelete()

Instantiates a recursive deleter that will continue even if it has an error during file deletion.

RecursiveDelete

public RecursiveDelete(boolean continue_on_error)

Instantiates a recursive deleter.

Parameters:

continue_on_error - Indicates if we continue despite any errors that occurred during file deletion.

Method Detail

deleteAll

public boolean deleteAll(File base)

Deletes the specified file/directory, plus any sub-directories.

Parameters:

base -

Returns:

False if any errors.

deleteChildren

public boolean deleteChildren(File base)

Perform recursive delete of all children of the specified directory.

Parameters:

base -

Returns:

False if there was an error deleting any file at all.

isContinueOnError

public boolean isContinueOnError()

Indicates if we continue despite any errors that occurred during file copying. The default to true.

Returns:

The current setting.

setContinueOnError

public void setContinueOnError(boolean continue_on_error)

Indicates if we continue despite any errors that occurred during file copying. The default to true.

Parameters:

continue_on_error -

errorHandler

protected void errorHandler(File base)

Can be overridden to handle errors.

Parameters:

base - The file that caused the error.