Java better way to delete file if exists

Question

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

 File file = ...;
 if (file.exists()){
     fil         


        

Answer 1

Use Apache Commons FileUtils.deleteDirectory() or FileUtils.forceDelete() to log exceptions in case of any failures,

or FileUtils.deleteQuietly() if you're not concerned about exceptions thrown.