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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Vector;

import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.PatternSet;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Resource;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ResourceCollection;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.FileProvider;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.FileResourceIterator;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Resources;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Restrict;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Sort;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.comparators.FileSystem;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.comparators.ResourceComparator;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.comparators.Reverse;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.selectors.Exists;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.selectors.ResourceSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.AndSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.ContainsRegexpSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.ContainsSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.DateSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.DependSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.DepthSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.ExtendSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.FileSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.FilenameSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.MajoritySelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.NoneSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.NotSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.OrSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.PresentSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.SelectSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.SizeSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.selectors.modifiedselector.ModifiedSelector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
import org.apache.tools.ant.util.SymbolicLinkUtils;

/**
 * Deletes a file or directory, or set of files defined by a fileset.
 * The original delete task would delete a file, or a set of files
 * using the include/exclude syntax.  The deltree task would delete a
 * directory tree.  This task combines the functionality of these two
 * originally distinct tasks.
 * <p>Currently Delete extends MatchingTask.  This is intended <i>only</i>
 * to provide backwards compatibility for a release.  The future position
 * is to use nested filesets exclusively.</p>
 *
 * @since Ant 1.2
 *
 * @ant.task category="filesystem"
 */
public class Delete extends MatchingTask {
    private static final ResourceComparator REVERSE_FILESYSTEM = new Reverse(new FileSystem());
    private static final ResourceSelector EXISTS = new Exists();

    private static class ReverseDirs implements ResourceCollection {
        static final Comparator<Comparable<?>> REVERSE = new Comparator<Comparable<?>>() {
            public int compare(Comparable<?> foo, Comparable<?> bar) {
                return ((Comparable) foo).compareTo(bar) * -1;
            }
        };
        private Project project;
        private File basedir;
        private String[] dirs;
        ReverseDirs(Project project, File basedir, String[] dirs) {
            this.project = project;
            this.basedir = basedir;
            this.dirs = dirs;
            Arrays.sort(this.dirs, REVERSE);
        }
        public Iterator<Resource> iterator() {
            return new FileResourceIterator(project, basedir, dirs);
        }
        public boolean isFilesystemOnly() { return true; }
        public int size() { return dirs.length; }
    }

    // CheckStyle:VisibilityModifier OFF - bc
    protected File file = null;
    protected File dir = null;
    protected Vector<FileSet> filesets = new Vector<FileSet>();
    protected boolean usedMatchingTask = false;
    // by default, remove matching empty dirs
    protected boolean includeEmpty = false;
    // CheckStyle:VisibilityModifier ON

    private int verbosity = Project.MSG_VERBOSE;
    private boolean quiet = false;
    private boolean failonerror = true;
    private boolean deleteOnExit = false;
    private boolean removeNotFollowedSymlinks = false;
    private Resources rcs = null;
    private static FileUtils FILE_UTILS = FileUtils.getFileUtils();
    private static SymbolicLinkUtils SYMLINK_UTILS =
        SymbolicLinkUtils.getSymbolicLinkUtils();
    private boolean performGc = Os.isFamily("windows");

    /**
     * Set the name of a single file to be removed.
     *
     * @param file the file to be deleted
     */
    public void setFile(File file) {
        this.file = file;
    }

    /**
     * Set the directory from which files are to be deleted
     *
     * @param dir the directory path.
     */
    public void setDir(File dir) {
        this.dir = dir;
        getImplicitFileSet().setDir(dir);
    }

    /**
     * If true, list all names of deleted files.
     *
     * @param verbose "true" or "on"
     */
    public void setVerbose(boolean verbose) {
        if (verbose) {
            this.verbosity = Project.MSG_INFO;
        } else {
            this.verbosity = Project.MSG_VERBOSE;
        }
    }

    /**
     * If true and the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic
     * message or modify the exit status to reflect an error.
     * This means that if a file or directory cannot be deleted,
     * then no error is reported. This setting emulates the
     * -f option to the Unix &quot;rm&quot; command.
     * Default is false meaning things are &quot;noisy&quot;
     * @param quiet "true" or "on"
     */
    public void setQuiet(boolean quiet) {
        this.quiet = quiet;
        if (quiet) {
            this.failonerror = false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * If false, note errors but continue.
     *
     * @param failonerror true or false
     */
     public void setFailOnError(boolean failonerror) {
         this.failonerror = failonerror;
     }

    /**
     * If true, on failure to delete, note the error and set
     * the deleteonexit flag, and continue
     *
     * @param deleteOnExit true or false
     */
     public void setDeleteOnExit(boolean deleteOnExit) {
         this.deleteOnExit = deleteOnExit;
     }


    /**
     * If true, delete empty directories.
     * @param includeEmpty if true delete empty directories (only
     *                     for filesets). Default is false.
     */
    public void setIncludeEmptyDirs(boolean includeEmpty) {
        this.includeEmpty = includeEmpty;
    }

    /**
     * Whether to perform a garbage collection before retrying a failed delete.
     *
     * <p>This may be required on Windows (where it is set to true by
     * default) but also on other operating systems, for example when
     * deleting directories from an NFS share.</p>
     *
     * @since Ant 1.8.3
     */
    public void setPerformGcOnFailedDelete(boolean b) {
        performGc = b;
    }

   /**
    * Adds a set of files to be deleted.
    * @param set the set of files to be deleted
    */
    public void addFileset(FileSet set) {
        filesets.addElement(set);
    }

    /**
     * Add an arbitrary ResourceCollection to be deleted.
     * @param rc the filesystem-only ResourceCollection.
     */
    public void add(ResourceCollection rc) {
        if (rc == null) {
            return;
        }
        if (rcs == null) {
            rcs = new Resources();
            rcs.setCache(true);
        }
        rcs.add(rc);
    }

    /**
     * add a name entry on the include list
     * @return a NameEntry object to be configured
     */
    public PatternSet.NameEntry createInclude() {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        return super.createInclude();
    }

    /**
     * add a name entry on the include files list
     * @return an NameEntry object to be configured
     */
    public PatternSet.NameEntry createIncludesFile() {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        return super.createIncludesFile();
    }

    /**
     * add a name entry on the exclude list
     * @return an NameEntry object to be configured
     */
    public PatternSet.NameEntry createExclude() {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        return super.createExclude();
    }

    /**
     * add a name entry on the include files list
     * @return an NameEntry object to be configured
     */
    public PatternSet.NameEntry createExcludesFile() {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        return super.createExcludesFile();
    }

    /**
     * add a set of patterns
     * @return PatternSet object to be configured
     */
    public PatternSet createPatternSet() {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        return super.createPatternSet();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the set of include patterns. Patterns may be separated by a comma
     * or a space.
     *
     * @param includes the string containing the include patterns
     */
    public void setIncludes(String includes) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.setIncludes(includes);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the set of exclude patterns. Patterns may be separated by a comma
     * or a space.
     *
     * @param excludes the string containing the exclude patterns
     */
    public void setExcludes(String excludes) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.setExcludes(excludes);
    }

    /**
     * Sets whether default exclusions should be used or not.
     *
     * @param useDefaultExcludes "true"|"on"|"yes" when default exclusions
     *                           should be used, "false"|"off"|"no" when they
     *                           shouldn't be used.
     */
    public void setDefaultexcludes(boolean useDefaultExcludes) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.setDefaultexcludes(useDefaultExcludes);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the name of the file containing the includes patterns.
     *
     * @param includesfile A string containing the filename to fetch
     * the include patterns from.
     */
    public void setIncludesfile(File includesfile) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.setIncludesfile(includesfile);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the name of the file containing the includes patterns.
     *
     * @param excludesfile A string containing the filename to fetch
     * the include patterns from.
     */
    public void setExcludesfile(File excludesfile) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.setExcludesfile(excludesfile);
    }

    /**
     * Sets case sensitivity of the file system
     *
     * @param isCaseSensitive "true"|"on"|"yes" if file system is case
     *                           sensitive, "false"|"off"|"no" when not.
     */
    public void setCaseSensitive(boolean isCaseSensitive) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.setCaseSensitive(isCaseSensitive);
    }

    /**
     * Sets whether or not symbolic links should be followed.
     *
     * @param followSymlinks whether or not symbolic links should be followed
     */
    public void setFollowSymlinks(boolean followSymlinks) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.setFollowSymlinks(followSymlinks);
    }

    /**
     * Sets whether the symbolic links that have not been followed
     * shall be removed (the links, not the locations they point at).
     *
     * @since Ant 1.8.0
     */
    public void setRemoveNotFollowedSymlinks(boolean b) {
        removeNotFollowedSymlinks = b;
    }

    /**
     * add a "Select" selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addSelector(SelectSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addSelector(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add an "And" selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addAnd(AndSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addAnd(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add an "Or" selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addOr(OrSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addOr(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a "Not" selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addNot(NotSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addNot(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a "None" selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addNone(NoneSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addNone(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a majority selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addMajority(MajoritySelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addMajority(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a selector date entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addDate(DateSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addDate(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a selector size entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addSize(SizeSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addSize(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a selector filename entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addFilename(FilenameSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addFilename(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add an extended selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addCustom(ExtendSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addCustom(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a contains selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addContains(ContainsSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addContains(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a present selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addPresent(PresentSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addPresent(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a depth selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addDepth(DepthSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addDepth(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a depends selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addDepend(DependSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addDepend(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add a regular expression selector entry on the selector list
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     */
    public void addContainsRegexp(ContainsRegexpSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addContainsRegexp(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add the modified selector
     * @param selector the selector to add
     * @since ant 1.6
     */
    public void addModified(ModifiedSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.addModified(selector);
    }

    /**
     * add an arbitrary selector
     * @param selector the selector to be added
     * @since Ant 1.6
     */
    public void add(FileSelector selector) {
        usedMatchingTask = true;
        super.add(selector);
    }

    /**
     * Delete the file(s).
     * @exception BuildException if an error occurs
     */
    public void execute() throws BuildException {
        if (usedMatchingTask) {
            log("DEPRECATED - Use of the implicit FileSet is deprecated.  "
                + "Use a nested fileset element instead.", quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
        }

        if (file == null && dir == null && filesets.size() == 0 && rcs == null) {
            throw new BuildException("At least one of the file or dir "
                                     + "attributes, or a nested resource collection, "
                                     + "must be set.");
        }

        if (quiet && failonerror) {
            throw new BuildException("quiet and failonerror cannot both be "
                                     + "set to true", getLocation());
        }

        // delete the single file
        if (file != null) {
            if (file.exists()) {
                if (file.isDirectory()) {
                    log("Directory " + file.getAbsolutePath()
                        + " cannot be removed using the file attribute.  "
                        + "Use dir instead.", quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
                } else {
                    log("Deleting: " + file.getAbsolutePath());

                    if (!delete(file)) {
                        handle("Unable to delete file " + file.getAbsolutePath());
                    }
                }
            } else if (isDanglingSymlink(file)) {
                log("Trying to delete file " + file.getAbsolutePath()
                    + " which looks like a broken symlink.",
                    quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
                if (!delete(file)) {
                    handle("Unable to delete file " + file.getAbsolutePath());
                }
            } else {
                log("Could not find file " + file.getAbsolutePath()
                    + " to delete.", quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
            }
        }

        // delete the directory
        if (dir != null && !usedMatchingTask) {
            if (dir.exists() && dir.isDirectory()) {
                /*
                  If verbosity is MSG_VERBOSE, that mean we are doing
                  regular logging (backwards as that sounds).  In that
                  case, we want to print one message about deleting the
                  top of the directory tree.  Otherwise, the removeDir
                  method will handle messages for _all_ directories.
                */
                if (verbosity == Project.MSG_VERBOSE) {
                    log("Deleting directory " + dir.getAbsolutePath());
                }
                removeDir(dir);
            } else if (isDanglingSymlink(dir)) {
                log("Trying to delete directory " + dir.getAbsolutePath()
                    + " which looks like a broken symlink.",
                    quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
                if (!delete(dir)) {
                    handle("Unable to delete directory "
                           + dir.getAbsolutePath());
                }
            }
        }
        Resources resourcesToDelete = new Resources();
        resourcesToDelete.setProject(getProject());
        resourcesToDelete.setCache(true);
        Resources filesetDirs = new Resources();
        filesetDirs.setProject(getProject());
        filesetDirs.setCache(true);
        FileSet implicit = null;
        if (usedMatchingTask && dir != null && dir.isDirectory()) {
            //add the files from the default fileset:
            implicit = getImplicitFileSet();
            implicit.setProject(getProject());
            filesets.add(implicit);
        }

        final int size = filesets.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            FileSet fs = (FileSet) filesets.get(i);
            if (fs.getProject() == null) {
                log("Deleting fileset with no project specified;"
                    + " assuming executing project", Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
                fs = (FileSet) fs.clone();
                fs.setProject(getProject());
            }
            final File fsDir = fs.getDir();
            if (!fs.getErrorOnMissingDir() &&
                (fsDir == null || !fsDir.exists())) {
                continue;
            }
            if (fsDir == null) {
                throw new BuildException(
                        "File or Resource without directory or file specified");
            } else if (!fsDir.isDirectory()) {
                handle("Directory does not exist: " + fsDir);
            } else {
                DirectoryScanner ds = fs.getDirectoryScanner();
                // the previous line has already scanned the
                // filesystem, in order to avoid a rescan when later
                // iterating, capture the results now and store them
                final String[] files = ds.getIncludedFiles();
                resourcesToDelete.add(new ResourceCollection() {
                        public boolean isFilesystemOnly() {
                            return true;
                        }
                        public int size() {
                            return files.length;
                        }
                        public Iterator<Resource> iterator() {
                            return new FileResourceIterator(getProject(),
                                                            fsDir, files);
                        }
                    });
                if (includeEmpty) {
                    filesetDirs.add(new ReverseDirs(getProject(), fsDir,
                                                    ds
                                                    .getIncludedDirectories()));
                }

                if (removeNotFollowedSymlinks) {
                    String[] n = ds.getNotFollowedSymlinks();
                    if (n.length > 0) {
                        String[] links = new String[n.length];
                        System.arraycopy(n, 0, links, 0, n.length);
                        Arrays.sort(links, ReverseDirs.REVERSE);
                        for (int l = 0; l < links.length; l++) {
                            try {
                                SYMLINK_UTILS
                                    .deleteSymbolicLink(new File(links[l]),
                                                        this);
                            } catch (java.io.IOException ex) {
                                handle(ex);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        resourcesToDelete.add(filesetDirs);
        if (rcs != null) {
            // sort first to files, then dirs
            Restrict exists = new Restrict();
            exists.add(EXISTS);
            exists.add(rcs);
            Sort s = new Sort();
            s.add(REVERSE_FILESYSTEM);
            s.add(exists);
            resourcesToDelete.add(s);
        }
        try {
            if (resourcesToDelete.isFilesystemOnly()) {
                for (Resource r : resourcesToDelete) {
                    // nonexistent resources could only occur if we already
                    // deleted something from a fileset:
                    File f = r.as(FileProvider.class)
                              .getFile();
                    if (!f.exists()) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    if (!(f.isDirectory()) || f.list().length == 0) {
                        log("Deleting " + f, verbosity);
                        if (!delete(f) && failonerror) {
                            handle("Unable to delete "
                                + (f.isDirectory() ? "directory " : "file ") + f);
                        }
                    }
                }
            } else {
                 handle(getTaskName() + " handles only filesystem resources");
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            handle(e);
        } finally {
            if (implicit != null) {
                filesets.remove(implicit);
            }
        }
    }

//************************************************************************
//  protected and private methods
//************************************************************************

    private void handle(String msg) {
        handle(new BuildException(msg));
    }

    private void handle(Exception e) {
        if (failonerror) {
            throw (e instanceof BuildException)
                ? (BuildException) e : new BuildException(e);
        }
        log(e, quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
    }

    /**
     * Accommodate Windows bug encountered in both Sun and IBM JDKs.
     * Others possible. If the delete does not work, call System.gc(),
     * wait a little and try again.
     */
    private boolean delete(File f) {
        if (!FILE_UTILS.tryHardToDelete(f, performGc)) {
            if (deleteOnExit) {
                int level = quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : Project.MSG_INFO;
                log("Failed to delete " + f + ", calling deleteOnExit."
                    + " This attempts to delete the file when the Ant jvm"
                    + " has exited and might not succeed.", level);
                f.deleteOnExit();
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Delete a directory
     *
     * @param d the directory to delete
     */
    protected void removeDir(File d) {
        String[] list = d.list();
        if (list == null) {
            list = new String[0];
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
            String s = list[i];
            File f = new File(d, s);
            if (f.isDirectory()) {
                removeDir(f);
            } else {
                log("Deleting " + f.getAbsolutePath(), quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
                if (!delete(f)) {
                    handle("Unable to delete file " + f.getAbsolutePath());
                }
            }
        }
        log("Deleting directory " + d.getAbsolutePath(), verbosity);
        if (!delete(d)) {
            handle("Unable to delete directory " + d.getAbsolutePath());
        }
    }

    /**
     * remove an array of files in a directory, and a list of subdirectories
     * which will only be deleted if 'includeEmpty' is true
     * @param d directory to work from
     * @param files array of files to delete; can be of zero length
     * @param dirs array of directories to delete; can of zero length
     */
    protected void removeFiles(File d, String[] files, String[] dirs) {
        if (files.length > 0) {
            log("Deleting " + files.length + " files from "
                + d.getAbsolutePath(), quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
            for (int j = 0; j < files.length; j++) {
                File f = new File(d, files[j]);
                log("Deleting " + f.getAbsolutePath(),
                        quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
                if (!delete(f)) {
                    handle("Unable to delete file " + f.getAbsolutePath());
                }
            }
        }

        if (dirs.length > 0 && includeEmpty) {
            int dirCount = 0;
            for (int j = dirs.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
                File currDir = new File(d, dirs[j]);
                String[] dirFiles = currDir.list();
                if (dirFiles == null || dirFiles.length == 0) {
                    log("Deleting " + currDir.getAbsolutePath(),
                            quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
                    if (!delete(currDir)) {
                        handle("Unable to delete directory "
                                + currDir.getAbsolutePath());
                    } else {
                        dirCount++;
                    }
                }
            }

            if (dirCount > 0) {
                log("Deleted "
                     + dirCount
                     + " director" + (dirCount == 1 ? "y" : "ies")
                     + " form " + d.getAbsolutePath(),
                     quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
            }
        }
    }

    private boolean isDanglingSymlink(File f) {
        try {
            return SYMLINK_UTILS.isDanglingSymbolicLink(f);
        } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
            log("Error while trying to detect " + f.getAbsolutePath()
                + " as broken symbolic link. " + e.getMessage(),
                quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : verbosity);
            return false;
        }
    }
}