Process all files in a directory and its subdirectories

Hello all,
I want to write a program that processes separately all the files in a given directory. I would like to open folders in that directory (if any) and further process all the files contained in them as well. Any suggestions with some Java code to do this as time effectively as possible? Thanks in advance.

Hello Chuck,
thanks for answering. You probably meant: "Search the forum archive - maybe your question has already been discussed. This way you help people focus on topics that have not yet been resolved."
Generally http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=31&threadID=510545 suits well. My problem is however, that I would like to pass the absolute path (not the relative one) of the directory which content (including subdirectories if any) should be further processed. Any suggestions how to make it function with the absolute path passed as input argument to the program?

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http://mywiki.wooledge.org/UsingFind
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