Access the files of a web server through a JSP page

Question

Hello,
Is it possible to access the files of a an Apache web server, just as you access your local machine.
Basically i want to access the files of a specific folder, such as http://server:8080/foldername/ ,
and get a list of all the files stored in there. I know how to do it for the local file system.
File f = new File(server);
          File files[] = f.listFiles();
          for(int i=0;i<files.length;i++){
          if(files.getName().contains(" ")){
               System.out.println(files[i].getName());

Answer 1

This is really dependent on your web server. A web server isn't a shell and the closest equivalent I can think of barring webserver extensions is to configure directory listing to be allowed for the directory you're trying to, grab that html file listing, parse it, and use that to get a list of file names. This is not a very clean solution, so I suspect that whatever problem you're trying to solve, you're going about it the wrong way.
Assuming Apache: [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/FAQ.html#indexes|http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/FAQ.html#indexes]