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Simple java search

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  • 14-04-2005 3:54pm
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    heat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭


    Can anyone tell me how to do a simple java search of a disk? Im trying to get it to look for some folders on the drive, like the desktop folder, but I dont want to hard code the path name in. I would like it to be able to look for the folder name itself. If anyone could help me out in this respect.


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    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    Jakarta commons class suit you?
    org.apache.commons.io.find.FileFinder

    http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/io/apidocs/index.html


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    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    Afterthought: guessing that you're building a user app, you might want to consider the possibility that the a user might have access to multiple user folders called called Desktop, so you might want to look at

    javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView
    getHomeDirectory() and getDefaultDirectory()

    which make use of the windows settings


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