Deleting an directory/subdirectory/files

[Java Tip]

The code snippet below deletes a directors with all subdirectories and files.

private static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {

        if (dir.isDirectory()) {
            String[] children = dir.list();
            for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++) {
                boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
                if (!success) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }

        // The directory is now empty so now it can be smoked
        return dir.delete();
    }