Need help  traversing through files

i have a folder with 99,999 xml files. i need to access each and everyone of these files to look for a certain value.my question is: is there any convenient way of traversing through these files?
File xmlfile = new File("");
File onefolder = new File("C:\\Documents and Settings\\drstempprojects\\Desktop\\Compiled\\NLB_Recam");
String[] arroffiles = onefolder.list();
for (int i=0;i<arroffiles.length;i++) {
    xmlfile = new File("...\\NLB_Recam\\" + arroffiles);
this method is inefficient and takes a hell load of memory since we are creating an array of 99,999 strings and using each array slot only once. i'm pretty sure there are better solutions to this. suggestions pls anyone?thanks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

i'm pretty sure there are better solutions to this. suggestions pls anyoneDon't store 100k files in the same directory.

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