SharePoint 2010 Web Part Feature Clean Up

Reading through "Inside Microsoft SharePoint 2010" I came across a section on page 192 titled, "Deleting Web Part Template Files at Feature Deactivation". I thought the suggestion to remove the .webpart template file from the Web Part gallery was worth writing about. In case you never tried this use case, attaching a SharePoint Web Part to a feature in SharePoint only supports adding a .webpart template file to the Web Part gallery upon feature activation. Deactivating the feature doesn't remove the .webpart template file which is why I recommend adding a feature event handler that removes this file from the gallery when deactivating your Web Part feature.  Here is the sample code segment taken from the book referenced above to remove the template file:

public override void FeatureDeactivating(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties) {



      SPSite siteCollection = (SPSite)properties.Feature.Parent;

      SPWeb site = siteCollection.RootWeb;



      List<SPFile> FilesToDelete = new List<SPFile>();

      // figure out which Web Part template files need to be deleted

      SPList WebPartGallery = site.Lists["Web Part Gallery"];

      foreach (SPListItem WebPartTemplateFile in WebPartGallery.Items) {

        if (WebPartTemplateFile.File.Name.Contains("put your .webpart file title here")) {

          FilesToDelete.Add(WebPartTemplateFile.File);

        }

      }



      // delete Web Part template files 

      foreach (SPFile file in FilesToDelete) {

        file.Delete();

      }



    }

As a developer in training I welcome any constructive feedback. Please feel free to comment below. Thanks.