List contents of Directory using File Object.

Hi. I am new to Java.
Right now I want to list the contents of a specific directory. One approach is to use FILE array. But I just cannot get it right. Am i missing out something?

Thanks.
My idea was to retrieve the contents of directory and then when the form loads; the contents of directory (only directorys, not files; hence i think i can use isDirectory to check) will be loaded into a listbox (DefaultListModal i supposed)
I ran it without any errors. The Listbox is loaded; but then the listbox reads
Java.lang.String;@1a7508a
What went wrong?

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