/*
* Copyright 2014 The Sculptor Project Team, including the original
* author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.sculptor.generator.util;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public final class FileHelper {
/**
* Accommodate Windows bug: If the delete does not work, call
* <code>System.gc()</code>, wait a little and try again.
*/
public static boolean deleteFile(File file) throws IOException {
if (file.isDirectory()) {
throw new IOException("File " + file + " isn't a file.");
}
if (!file.delete()) {
if (System.getProperty("os.name").equalsIgnoreCase("windows")) {
file = file.getCanonicalFile();
System.gc();
}
try {
Thread.sleep(10);
return file.delete();
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
return file.delete();
}
}
return true;
}
}