How to list all files and directories in another directory

I need to be able to list all the directories and files in a directory. I need to write a servlet that allows me to create an html page that has a list of files in that directory and also list all the directories. That list of files will be put into an applet tag as a parameter for an applet that I have already written. I am assuming that reading directories/files recursively on a web server will be the same as reading directories/files on a local system, but I don't know how to do that either.

Hi,
Here is a method to rotate through a directory and put all the files into a Vector (files).
      * Iterates throught the files in the root file / directory that is passed
      * as a parameter. The files are loaded into a <code>Vector</code> for
      * processing later.
      * @param file the root directory or the file
      *         that you wish to have inspected.
     public void loadFiles(File file) {
          if (file.isDirectory()) {
               File[] entry= file.listFiles();
               for (int i= 0; i < entry.length; i++) {
                    if (entry.isFile()) {
                         //Add the file to the list
                         files.add(entry[i]);
                    } else {
                         if (entry[i].isDirectory()) {
                              //Iterate over the entries again
                              loadFiles(entry[i]);
          } else {
               if (file.isFile()) {
                    //Add the file
                    files.add(file);
See ya
Michael

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