[java] How to scan a folder in Java?

How can I get list all the files within a folder recursively in Java?

In JDK7, "more NIO features" should have methods to apply the visitor pattern over a file tree or just the immediate contents of a directory - no need to find all the files in a potentially huge directory before iterating over them.

Check out Apache Commons FileUtils (listFiles, iterateFiles, etc.). Nice convenience methods for doing what you want and also applying filters.

http://commons.apache.org/io/api-1.4/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.html

You can also use the FileFilter interface to filter out what you want. It is best used when you create an anonymous class that implements it:

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;

public class ListFiles {
    public File[] findDirectories(File root) { 
        return root.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File f) {
                return f.isDirectory();
            }});
    }

    public File[] findFiles(File root) {
        return root.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File f) {
                return f.isFile();
            }});
    }
}

Check out Apache Commons FileUtils (listFiles, iterateFiles, etc.). Nice convenience methods for doing what you want and also applying filters.

http://commons.apache.org/io/api-1.4/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.html

public static void directory(File dir) {
    File[] files = dir.listFiles();
    for (File file : files) {
        System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());
        if (file.listFiles() != null)
            directory(file);        
    }
} 

Here dir is Directory to be scanned. e.g. c:\

import java.io.File;
public class Test {
    public static void main( String [] args ) {
        File actual = new File(".");
        for( File f : actual.listFiles()){
            System.out.println( f.getName() );
        }
    }
}

It displays indistinctly files and folders.

See the methods in File class to order them or avoid directory print etc.

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html

Visualizing the tree structure was the most convenient way for me :

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    printTree(0, new File("START/FROM/DIR"));
}

static void printTree(int depth, File file) throws IOException { 
    StringBuilder indent = new StringBuilder();
    String name = file.getName();

    for (int i = 0; i < depth; i++) {
        indent.append(".");
    }

    //Pretty print for directories
    if (file.isDirectory()) { 
        System.out.println(indent.toString() + "|");
        if(isPrintName(name)){
            System.out.println(indent.toString() + "*" + file.getName() + "*");
        }
    }
    //Print file name
    else if(isPrintName(name)) {
        System.out.println(indent.toString() + file.getName()); 
    }
    //Recurse children
    if (file.isDirectory()) { 
        File[] files = file.listFiles(); 
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++){
            printTree(depth + 4, files[i]);
        } 
    }
}

//Exclude some file names
static boolean isPrintName(String name){
    if (name.charAt(0) == '.') {
        return false;
    }
    if (name.contains("svn")) {
        return false;
    }
    //.
    //. Some more exclusions
    //.
    return true;
}

import java.io.File;
public class Test {
    public static void main( String [] args ) {
        File actual = new File(".");
        for( File f : actual.listFiles()){
            System.out.println( f.getName() );
        }
    }
}

It displays indistinctly files and folders.

See the methods in File class to order them or avoid directory print etc.

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html

In JDK7, "more NIO features" should have methods to apply the visitor pattern over a file tree or just the immediate contents of a directory - no need to find all the files in a potentially huge directory before iterating over them.

Check out Apache Commons FileUtils (listFiles, iterateFiles, etc.). Nice convenience methods for doing what you want and also applying filters.

http://commons.apache.org/io/api-1.4/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.html

You can also use the FileFilter interface to filter out what you want. It is best used when you create an anonymous class that implements it:

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;

public class ListFiles {
    public File[] findDirectories(File root) { 
        return root.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File f) {
                return f.isDirectory();
            }});
    }

    public File[] findFiles(File root) {
        return root.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File f) {
                return f.isFile();
            }});
    }
}

Visualizing the tree structure was the most convenient way for me :

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    printTree(0, new File("START/FROM/DIR"));
}

static void printTree(int depth, File file) throws IOException { 
    StringBuilder indent = new StringBuilder();
    String name = file.getName();

    for (int i = 0; i < depth; i++) {
        indent.append(".");
    }

    //Pretty print for directories
    if (file.isDirectory()) { 
        System.out.println(indent.toString() + "|");
        if(isPrintName(name)){
            System.out.println(indent.toString() + "*" + file.getName() + "*");
        }
    }
    //Print file name
    else if(isPrintName(name)) {
        System.out.println(indent.toString() + file.getName()); 
    }
    //Recurse children
    if (file.isDirectory()) { 
        File[] files = file.listFiles(); 
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++){
            printTree(depth + 4, files[i]);
        } 
    }
}

//Exclude some file names
static boolean isPrintName(String name){
    if (name.charAt(0) == '.') {
        return false;
    }
    if (name.contains("svn")) {
        return false;
    }
    //.
    //. Some more exclusions
    //.
    return true;
}

Check out Apache Commons FileUtils (listFiles, iterateFiles, etc.). Nice convenience methods for doing what you want and also applying filters.

http://commons.apache.org/io/api-1.4/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.html

You can also use the FileFilter interface to filter out what you want. It is best used when you create an anonymous class that implements it:

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;

public class ListFiles {
    public File[] findDirectories(File root) { 
        return root.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File f) {
                return f.isDirectory();
            }});
    }

    public File[] findFiles(File root) {
        return root.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File f) {
                return f.isFile();
            }});
    }
}

In JDK7, "more NIO features" should have methods to apply the visitor pattern over a file tree or just the immediate contents of a directory - no need to find all the files in a potentially huge directory before iterating over them.

import java.io.File;
public class Test {
    public static void main( String [] args ) {
        File actual = new File(".");
        for( File f : actual.listFiles()){
            System.out.println( f.getName() );
        }
    }
}

It displays indistinctly files and folders.

See the methods in File class to order them or avoid directory print etc.

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html

You can also use the FileFilter interface to filter out what you want. It is best used when you create an anonymous class that implements it:

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;

public class ListFiles {
    public File[] findDirectories(File root) { 
        return root.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File f) {
                return f.isDirectory();
            }});
    }

    public File[] findFiles(File root) {
        return root.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
            public boolean accept(File f) {
                return f.isFile();
            }});
    }
}