org.fabric3.packager

Class FileHelper

java.lang.Object

org.fabric3.packager.FileHelper

public class FileHelper
extends Object

Helper methods for working with files.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	FileHelper()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	cleanDirectory(File directory) Clean a directory without deleting it.
static void	deleteDirectory(File directory) Recursively delete a directory.
static void	forceDelete(File file) Delete a file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileHelper

protected FileHelper()

Method Detail

forceDelete

public static void forceDelete(File file)
                        throws IOException

Delete a file. If file is a directory, delete it and all sub-directories. The difference between File.delete() and this method are:

• A directory to be deleted does not have to be empty.
• You get exceptions when a file or directory cannot be deleted. (java.io.File methods returns a boolean)

Parameters:

file - file or directory to delete, not null

Throws:

IOException - in case deletion is unsuccessful

deleteDirectory

public static void deleteDirectory(File directory)
                            throws IOException

Recursively delete a directory.

Parameters:

directory - directory to delete

Throws:

IOException - in case deletion is unsuccessful

cleanDirectory

public static void cleanDirectory(File directory)
                           throws IOException

Clean a directory without deleting it.

Parameters:

directory - directory to clean

Throws:

IOException - in case cleaning is unsuccessful