001/*
002 * Copyright (C) 2014 The Guava Authors
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
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009 *
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015 */
016
017package com.google.common.io;
018
019import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
020import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
021import com.google.j2objc.annotations.J2ObjCIncompatible;
022import java.nio.file.SecureDirectoryStream;
023
024/**
025 * Options for use with recursive delete methods ({@link MoreFiles#deleteRecursively} and
026 * {@link MoreFiles#deleteDirectoryContents}).
027 *
028 * @since 21.0
029 * @author Colin Decker
030 */
031@Beta
032@AndroidIncompatible
033@GwtIncompatible
034@J2ObjCIncompatible // java.nio.file
035public enum RecursiveDeleteOption {
036  /**
037   * Specifies that the recursive delete should not throw an exception when it can't be guaranteed
038   * that it can be done securely, without vulnerability to race conditions (i.e. when the file
039   * system does not support {@link SecureDirectoryStream}).
040   *
041   * <p><b>Warning:</b> On a file system that supports symbolic links, it is possible for an
042   * insecure recursive delete to delete files and directories that are <i>outside</i> the
043   * directory being deleted. This can happen if, after checking that a file is a directory (and
044   * not a symbolic link), that directory is deleted and replaced by a symbolic link to an outside
045   * directory before the call that opens the directory to read its entries. File systems that
046   * support {@code SecureDirectoryStream} do not have this vulnerability.
047   */
048  ALLOW_INSECURE
049}