List contents of a directory
- /*
- List contents of a directory
- This Java example shows how list contents(files and sub-directories) of a directory
- using list method of Java File class.
- */
- import java.io.*;
- public class ListContentOfDirectory {
- public static void main(String[] args) {
- //create file object
- File file = new File("C://FileIO");
- /*
- * To list contents of a directory use,
- * String[] list() method of Java File class.
- *
- * This method returns an array of Strings containing name of files and
- * sub-directories. It reuturns an empty array, if directory is empty,
- * and null if file does not denotes a directory.
- */
- String[] files = file.list();
- System.out.println("Listing contents of " + file.getPath());
- for(int i=0 ; i < files.length ; i++)
- {
- System.out.println(files[i]);
- }
- }
- }
- /*
- Output would be
- Listing contents of C:\FileIO
- demo.txt
- HiddenDemo.txt
- JavaTemp10351.javatemp
- JavaTemp40534.javatemp
- ReadText.txt
- */



