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added listing tags to the appropriate places and in the appropriate paragraphs. #349

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14 changes: 8 additions & 6 deletions source/ch8_filehandling.ptx
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Expand Up @@ -449,10 +449,10 @@ public class CreateFile {
<title>Deleting Files</title>

<p>
Lastly, we will take a look at using Java to delete a file. This is pretty straight-forward and follows the structure used to create files. Here is the <c>CreateFile</c> class from before that will be used to create a file that we will soon delete:
Lastly, we will take a look at using Java to delete a file. This is pretty straight-forward and follows the structure used to create files. <xref ref="create-file-to-delete-java" text="type-global"/> shows the <c>CreateFile</c> class from before that will be used to create a file that we will soon delete:
</p>

<program xml:id="create-file-to-delete-java" interactive="activecode" language="java">
<listing xml:id="create-file-to-delete-java"> <program interactive="activecode" language="java">
<code>
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
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}
</code>
</program>
</listing>


<p>
And finally, we have Java code that deletes a file. We will call this class <c>DeleteFile</c>:
And finally, <xref ref="delete-file-java" text="type-global"/> shows the Java code that deletes a file. We will call this class <c>DeleteFile</c>:
</p>


<program xml:id="delete-file-java" interactive="activecode" language="java">
<code>
<listing xml:id="delete-file-java">
<program interactive="activecode" language="java">
<code>
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

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</code>
</program>

</listing>
<p>
Note that this is almost identical to the code within the <c>try</c> block of the <c>CreateFile</c> class that we made earlier. The key difference is the use of the <c>delete()</c> method which will delete the file with the name that was linked to the myFile object. Similar to the <c>createNewFile()</c> method, it will return <c>true</c> if the file exists and can be deleted, and <c>false</c> if the file cannot be deleted.
</p>
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