Java Directory to File List getAllFiles(File directory)

Description

Collects all non-directory files in the given input directory (recursively).

License

Creative Commons License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
directory	Input directory.

Return

All non-directory files, recursively.

Declaration

public static Collection<File> getAllFiles(File directory) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/** //from  w ww.ja v  a  2s  . com
This class is part of the Java Tools (see http://mpii.de/yago-naga/javatools).
It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 
(see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) by 
the YAGO-NAGA team (see http://mpii.de/yago-naga)
    
Some utility methods for arrays
*/

import java.io.File;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.LinkedList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Collects all non-directory files in the given input directory 
     * (recursively).
     * 
     * @param directory Input directory.
     * @return          All non-directory files, recursively.
     */
    public static Collection<File> getAllFiles(File directory) {
        Collection<File> files = new LinkedList<File>();
        getAllFilesRecursively(directory, files);
        return files;
    }

    /**
     * Helper for getAllSubdirectories(directory).
     */
    private static void getAllFilesRecursively(File directory, Collection<File> files) {

        for (File file : directory.listFiles()) {
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                getAllFilesRecursively(file, files);
            } else {
                files.add(file);
            }
        }
    }
}

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