java 文件存在则删除,如果存在，Java更好的删除文件的方法

We need to call file.exists() before file.delete() before we can delete a file E.g.

File file = ...;

if (file.exists()){

file.delete();

}

Currently in all our project we create a static method in some util class to wrap this code. Is there some other way to achieve the same , so that we not need to copy our utils file in every other project.

解决方案

Starting from Java 7 you can use deleteIfExists that returns a boolean (or throw an Exception) depending on whether a file was deleted or not. This method may not be atomic with respect to other file system operations. Moreover if a file is in use by JVM/other program then on some operating system it will not be able to remove it. Every file can be converted to path via toPath method . E.g.

File file = ...;

boolean result = Files.deleteIfExists(file.toPath()); //surround it in try catch block