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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.testlibrary;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.DirectoryNotEmptyException;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+
+/**
+ * Common library for various test file functions.
+ */
+public final class FileUtils {
+
+    private static final boolean isWindows =
+                            System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows");
+    private static final int RETRY_DELETE_MILLIS = isWindows ? 500 : 0;
+    private static final int MAX_RETRY_DELETE_TIMES = isWindows ? 15 : 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes a file.
+     *
+     * @param path  the file to delete
+     *
+     * @throws NoSuchFileException
+     *         if the file does not exist (optional specific exception)
+     * @throws DirectoryNotEmptyException
+     *         if the file is a directory and could not otherwise be deleted
+     *         because the directory is not empty (optional specific exception)
+     * @throws IOException
+     *         if an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws InterruptedException
+     *         if interrupted during the operation (optional)
+     */
+    public static void delete(Path path)
+        throws IOException, InterruptedException
+    {
+        deleteWithRetry(path);
+    }
+
+    private static void deleteWithRetry(Path path)
+        throws IOException, InterruptedException
+    {
+        int times = 0;
+        IOException ioe = null;
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                Files.delete(path);
+                break;
+            } catch (NoSuchFileException | DirectoryNotEmptyException x) {
+                throw x;
+            } catch (IOException x) {
+                // Backoff/retry in case another process is accessing the file
+                times++;
+                if (ioe == null)
+                    ioe = x;
+                else
+                    ioe.addSuppressed(x);
+                if (times > MAX_RETRY_DELETE_TIMES)
+                    throw ioe;
+                Thread.sleep(RETRY_DELETE_MILLIS);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes a directory and its subdirectories.
+     *
+     * @param dir  the directory to delete
+     *
+     * @throws  IOException
+     *          If an I/O error occurs. Any such exceptions are caught
+     *          internally. If only one is caught, then it is re-thrown.
+     *          If more than one exception is caught, then the second and
+     *          following exceptions are added as suppressed exceptions of the
+     *          first one caught, which is then re-thrown.
+     */
+    public static void deleteTree(Path dir) throws IOException {
+        IOException ioe = null;
+        final List<IOException> excs = deleteTreeUnchecked(dir);
+        if (!excs.isEmpty()) {
+            ioe = excs.remove(0);
+            for (IOException x : excs)
+                ioe.addSuppressed(x);
+        }
+        if (ioe != null)
+            throw ioe;
+    }
+
+    public static List<IOException> deleteTreeUnchecked(Path dir) {
+        final List<IOException> excs = new ArrayList<>();
+        try {
+            java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(dir, new FileVisitor<Path>() {
+                @Override
+                public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path dir, BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
+                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                }
+                @Override
+                public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
+                    try {
+                        deleteWithRetry(file);
+                    } catch (IOException x) {
+                        excs.add(x);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException x) {
+                        return FileVisitResult.TERMINATE;
+                    }
+                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                }
+                @Override
+                public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException exc) {
+                    try {
+                        deleteWithRetry(dir);
+                    } catch (IOException x) {
+                        excs.add(x);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException x) {
+                        return FileVisitResult.TERMINATE;
+                    }
+                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                }
+                @Override
+                public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException exc) {
+                    excs.add(exc);
+                    return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                }
+            });
+        } catch (IOException x) {
+            excs.add(x);
+        }
+        return excs;
+    }
+}
+