groovy

allow easier recursive file processing with File.eachFileRecurse { ... }

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  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-5
  • Component/s: None
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Description

There's an interesting discussion here...

http://wiki.codehaus.org/groovy/FileSupport

one thought was recursive deletion...

def recursiveDelete(File file) {
outer = this
if( file.isDirectory() ) {
file.eachFile

{ outer.recursiveDelete(it) }

}

file.delete()
}

I wondered if we should have a recursive file method where you could do

new File("/home/foo").eachFileRecurse

{ println it.name }

which would iterate through all files recursively like the above - calling children first before parents.

Then a recursive delete would be

file.eachFileRecurse

{ it.delete() }

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Guillaume Laforge added a comment -

I've implemented eachFileRecurse() which recursively explores a directory structure, in depth first, including the directories in the search. But the directory is returned first before its children. Perhaps we should have two different methods ? one returning the directory first, the other including it after the subdirectories and files are explored ?

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Guillaume Laforge added a comment - I've implemented eachFileRecurse() which recursively explores a directory structure, in depth first, including the directories in the search. But the directory is returned first before its children. Perhaps we should have two different methods ? one returning the directory first, the other including it after the subdirectories and files are explored ?

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  • Assignee:
    Guillaume Laforge
    Reporter:
    james strachan
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