/*
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
*/
