P4
A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
According to http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/issues/detail?id=365 it is impossible to safely delete a path recursively using Java due to race conditions.
As such, I am proposing the following API be added:
Files.delete(Path, DeleteOption...) where StandardDeleteOption.RECURSIVELY specifies that children paths should be deleted as well.
JUSTIFICATION :
This is a commonly-requested feature that is difficult to implement in a cross-platform and secure manner. As such, it should be provided by the core API.
According to http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/issues/detail?id=365 it is impossible to safely delete a path recursively using Java due to race conditions.
As such, I am proposing the following API be added:
Files.delete(Path, DeleteOption...) where StandardDeleteOption.RECURSIVELY specifies that children paths should be deleted as well.
JUSTIFICATION :
This is a commonly-requested feature that is difficult to implement in a cross-platform and secure manner. As such, it should be provided by the core API.