Hi to every one in the forum

[chowdaraiah]

Hi,
this is chow


I have one question...
I want to be able to read a folder structure, and convert the names of files and subfolders in to an xml file...how can we do that in java...
suggestions needed from all of you....

[Freaky Chris]

Welcome to Java Programming Forums Chow

It's reletively simple in java, have a look at the File class, and listFiles();

File (Java Platform SE 6)

Chris

[JavaPF]

Hello and welcome to the forums.

Please take a look here - Java Code Snippets and Tutorials - Java Programming Forums

There are lots of code examples there.

I have edited one of the examples to suit your requirements. It needs more work but the basics are there

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
 
/**
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public class ListFiles {
 
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
 
	    Writer output = null;
	    File file = new File("myFile.xml");
	    output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
 
		// Directory path here
		String path = "C://";		
		String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
		String files = null;
		File folder = new File(path);
		File[] listOfFiles = folder.listFiles();
 
		output.write("<?xml version='1.0'?>");
		output.write(newLine);
		output.write("<PATH>");
		output.write(newLine);
 
		System.out.println("PATH= "+ path);
 
		for (int i = 0; i < listOfFiles.length; i++) {
 
			if (listOfFiles[i].isDirectory()) {
				files = listOfFiles[i].getName();
				output.write(" <DIRECTORY>" + files + "</DIRECTORY>");
				output.write(newLine);
				System.out.println(" <DIRECTORY>" + files + "</DIRECTORY>");
			} else {
				files = listOfFiles[i].getName();
				output.write("  <FILE>" + files + "</FILE>");
				output.write(newLine);
				System.out.println("  <FILE>" + files + "</FILE>");
			}
		}
		output.write("</PATH>");
		output.close();
		System.out.println("XML File Written");  
	}
}

[chowdaraiah]

Thanks for your Valuable suggestions.