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1 /**
2  * Sequoia: Database clustering technology.
3  * Copyright (C) 2005 Emic Networks.
4  * Contact: sequoia@continuent.org
5  *
6  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
7  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
8  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
9  *
10  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11  *
12  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16  * limitations under the License.
17  *
18  * Initial developer(s): Emmanuel Cecchet.
19  * Contributor(s): ______________________.
20  */
21
22 package org.continuent.sequoia.common.util;
23
24 import java.io.File JavaDoc;
25
26 /**
27  * This class defines a FileManagement that provides tools to manage files and
28  * directories.
29  *
30  * @author <a HREF="mailto:emmanuel.cecchet@emicnetworks.com">Emmanuel Cecchet</a>
31  * @version 1.0
32  */
33 public class FileManagement
34 {
35
36   /**
37    * Delete a directory by deleting recursively all sub files.
38    *
39    * @param dir directoty to delete
40    * @return true if success, false otherwise
41    */
42   public static final boolean deleteDir(File JavaDoc dir)
43   {
44     if (dir.isDirectory())
45     {
46       String JavaDoc[] children = dir.list();
47       for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
48       {
49         boolean success = deleteDir(new File JavaDoc(dir, children[i]));
50         if (!success)
51         {
52           return false;
53         }
54       }
55     }
56     // The directory is now empty so delete it
57 return dir.delete();
58   }
59
60 }
61
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