Show serverside directory contents in applet

Question

Hello,
On my website I want an applet which shows the files which are in the same directory as where the class file is.
So it shows serverside directory contents of where my website is located.
The most topics here about listfiles are all about listing files on a local machine with policy files. I want my applet to listfiles from the server.
Does anyone know how to achive this?
thanks in advance

Answer 1

Andy,
How would you do a similar thing as you have coded below, but instead of an Applet have the Directory names populate a drop down menu on a JSP and then when a Directory is selected, have the files in the Directory appear as HTML links on the screen?
Teresa
i have achieved this before and i had to use a
servlet.
here is the servlet code i used:
// this servlet returns the files names that are in
the Departments directory
public class GetFilesServlet extends HttpServlet {
public void init() {  }
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
doGet(request, response);
// gets information from the server and sends it
t back to the applet
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
// stores the names of all the files in a vector
try
Vector fileNames = new Vector();
String directory = new
y = new String("G:\\Intranet\\wwwroot\\Directory\\");
// gets the file names that are in the server
server directory
File serverFiles = new File(directory);
File[] directoryFiles =
Files = serverFiles.listFiles();
for(int i=0; i < directoryFiles.length; i++)
h; i++)
fileNames.add(directoryFiles.toString().substring(di
ectory.length(),
directoryFiles[i].toString().length()-4));
// writes the file names back to the applet
response.setContentType("java/object");
ObjectOutputStream outputToApplet = new
t = new
ObjectOutputStream(response.getOutputStream());
outputToApplet.writeObject( fileNames );
outputToApplet.flush();
outputToApplet.reset();
outputToApplet.close();
catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
} // end doGet
i hope this helps.
the servlet runs server side and you will also need to
write code that runs client side that gets the
information from the servlet.
Andy