OnJava8-Examples/onjava/RmDir.java

// onjava/RmDir.java
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package onjava;
import java.nio.file.*;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import java.io.IOException;

public class RmDir {
  public static void rmdir(Path dir) throws IOException {
    Files.walkFileTree(dir,new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
       @Override
       public FileVisitResult
       visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs)
       throws IOException {
           Files.delete(file);
           return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
       }
       @Override
       public FileVisitResult
       postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException exc)
       throws IOException {
           Files.delete(dir);
           return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
       }
    });
  }
}