Java Utililty Methods Directory to File List

List of utility methods to do Directory to File List

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The list of methods to do Directory to File List are organized into topic(s).

Method

ArrayListgetAllFile(File directory, boolean descendIntoSubDirectories, String endofFile, String hiddenFileSuffix)
get All File 
ArrayList<File> resultList = new ArrayList<File>();
File[] f = directory.listFiles();
for (File file : f) {
    if (file != null && file.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(endofFile)
            && !file.getName().startsWith("tn_") && !file.getName().startsWith(hiddenFileSuffix)) {
        resultList.add(file);
    if (descendIntoSubDirectories && file.isDirectory()) {
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ListgetAllFile(List list, File rootFile)
recursively get the file list. 
if (rootFile.getAbsolutePath().indexOf(".svn") < 0) {
    list.add(rootFile);
    if (rootFile.isDirectory()) {
        File[] files = rootFile.listFiles();
        Arrays.sort(files);
        for (File file : files) {
            getAllFile(list, file);
return list;
String[]getAllFile2(String Url)
get All File 
File path = new File(Url);
String[] list;
list = path.list();
return list;
voidgetAllFileFromPath(File file, List fileList, String ed)
get All File From Path 
if (file != null) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        File[] files = file.listFiles();
        if (files != null) {
            for (File tmp : files) {
                getAllFileFromPath(tmp, fileList, ed);
    } else if (file.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(ed)) {
        fileList.add(file);
ListgetAllFileName(String path)
get All File Name 
File file = new File(path);
File[] fileName = file.listFiles();
List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File string : fileName)
        if (new File(string.getPath()).isFile()) {
            System.out.println(string.getPath());
            list.add(string.getPath());
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ListGetAllFileName(String path)
Get All File Name 
List<String> arrList = new ArrayList<String>();
File file = new File(path);
if (!file.exists()) {
    return arrList;
if (!file.isDirectory()) {
    return arrList;
String[] tempList = file.list();
File temp;
for (String aTempList : tempList) {
    if (path.endsWith(File.separator)) {
        temp = new File(path + aTempList);
    } else {
        temp = new File(path + File.separator + aTempList);
    if (temp.isFile()) {
        arrList.add(temp.getName());
return arrList;
voidgetAllFileName(String path, ArrayList fileName)
get filenames with sub-directory 
File file = new File(path);
File[] files = file.listFiles();
String[] names = file.list();
if (names != null) {
    fileName.addAll(Arrays.asList(names));
for (File a : files) {
    if (a.isDirectory()) {
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ArrayListgetAllFileNames(File basedir, String path)
The method return a list of all file names under the given directory and subdirectories of itself. 
ArrayList<String> out = new ArrayList<String>();
File[] stage = basedir.listFiles();
for (File element : stage) {
    if (element.isFile()) {
        out.add(path + element.getName());
    if (element.isDirectory()) {
        out.addAll(getAllFileNames(element, path + element.getName() + SLASH));
...
ListgetAllFileNames(String path, String suffix, boolean isDepth)
get all names of file with specified suffix in a folder 
List<String> fileNamesList = new ArrayList<String>();
File file = new File(path);
return listFileName(fileNamesList, file, suffix, isDepth);
String[]getAllFileNamesByPath(String path)
get all file names in a folder 
File file = new File(path);
if (!file.exists()) {
    return null;
if (!file.isDirectory()) {
    return null;
String[] tempList = file.list();
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