Here you can find the source of getFileList(File dir, ArrayList
private static void getFileList(File dir, ArrayList<File> list)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . j a va2 s.c o m*/ * Unitex * * Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Universit? Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall?e <unitex@univ-mlv.fr> * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. * */ import java.io.File; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; public class Main { /** * Returns a sorted list containing all files contained in * the given directory. */ public static ArrayList<File> getFileList(File dir) { ArrayList<File> list = new ArrayList<File>(); getFileList(dir, list); Collections.sort(list); return list; } private static void getFileList(File dir, ArrayList<File> list) { if (dir == null || !dir.exists()) return; list.add(dir); if (dir.isFile()) { return; } File[] files = dir.listFiles(); if (files == null) return; for (File f : files) { getFileList(f, list); } } }