[FLINK-14998] Remove FileUtils#deletePathIfEmpty

• Type: Technical Debt
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.16.0
• Component/s: FileSystems
• Labels: auto-deprioritized-major pull-request-available starter
• Assignee: jay li
• Reporter: Yun Tang
• Created: 01/Dec/19 16:30
• Updated: 12/Aug/22 12:32
• Resolved: 03/Apr/22 12:08

Description

With the lesson learned from FLINK-7266, and the refactor of FLINK-8540, method of  FileUtils#deletePathIfEmpty has been totally useless in Flink production code. From my point of view, it's not wise to provide a method with already known high-risk defect in Flink official code. I suggest to remove this part of code.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #19330