Search Directory or Folder for files?

Maybe I'm just missing it, or maybe it can't be done. Is there a way to search through a folder for a file and display it if it exists?

I'm putting together a departmental intranet site and would like to display .pdf files.

Can I search a folder directly for a file or do I need a database?

Thanks,
Walt

A directory is considered a File in java, so look into the 'FileReader' class. Though I have not tried it, you should be able to open a directory and read what files are available I would think.

There are several classes in java.io for searching and manipulating directories. Here's the simplest approach.

import java.io.File;

class ListFiles {
File directoryOfPdfs = new File("/mypdfs"); // Directory is just a list of files

if(directoryOfPdfs.isDirectory() { // check to make sure it is a directory
String filenames[] = directoryOfPdfs.list(); make array of filenames.
}
}

That gives you an array of all the filenames in a given directory. Loop through and process however you want. There is also a FilenameFilter interface if you want to create filters that can be handed to the list() method.