com.palantir.giraffe.file.base.feature

Interface RecursiveDelete

public interface RecursiveDelete

Indicates that a FileSystemProvider supports efficient recursive deletes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	deleteRecursive(Path path) Deletes the given path or directory recursively.
boolean	deleteRecursiveIfExists(Path path) Deletes the given path or directory recursively, if it exists.

Method Detail

deleteRecursive

void deleteRecursive(Path path)
              throws IOException

Deletes the given path or directory recursively.

Parameters:

path - the path to the file or directory

Throws:

NoSuchFileException - if the path does not exist

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while deleting the path

deleteRecursiveIfExists

boolean deleteRecursiveIfExists(Path path)
                         throws IOException

Deletes the given path or directory recursively, if it exists.

Parameters:

path - the path to the file or directory

Returns:

true if path existed and was deleted, false if the path could not be deleted because it did not exist

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while deleting the path