import java.io.*; File depDir = new File( localRepositoryPath, "org/apache/maven/its/dependency/purge-local-repository/1.0" ); System.out.println( "Checking for absence of purged dependency directory " + depDir ); if ( depDir.exists() ) { throw new Exception( "Directory was not deleted: " + depDir ); } File transitiveDepDir = new File( localRepositoryPath, "org/apache/maven/its/dependency/purge-local-repository-2/1.0" ); if ( !transitiveDepDir.exists() ) { throw new Exception( "Transitive dep was purged: " + transitiveDepDir ); } return true;