How to list files directory/files using Apache Common VFS

apache-commons-vfs, file-transfer, ftp, java, jsch

Solution

List of files can be displayed by using FileObject#getChildren() method.

FileSystemOptions opts = new FileSystemOptions();
fsManager = VFS.getManager();

// List all the files in that directory.Try to give the directory path  
FileObject localFileObject=fsManager.resolveFile("ftp://"+userStr+":"+passStr+"@"+host+"/home");
FileObject[] children = localFileObject.getChildren();
for ( int i = 0; i < children.length; i++ ){
    System.out.println( children[ i ].getName().getBaseName() );
}
// End of List Files.

FileObject file = fsManager.resolveFile("ftp://"+userStr+":"+passStr+"@"+host+"/home/", opts);

My suggestion would be to Use JSCH framework which is best for SFTP operations. As this `Apache Common VFS` inherently used this framework.The complexcity will be greatly reduced by `JSCH`.

Problem

I am using Apache Common VFS and successfully connected to the server. I already read docs but I'm stuck in this code. How i can list directory/files? ``` Session session = null; FileSystemManager fsManager = null; FileSystem fs = null; try { String host = "host_here"; int port = 22; String userStr = "user_here"; char [] username = userStr.toCharArray(); String passStr = "password_here"; char [] password = passStr.toCharArray(); session = SftpClientFactory.createConnection(host, port, username, password, null); //session.connect(); System.out.println("Connected to the server"); FileSystemOptions opts = new FileSystemOptions(); fsManager = VFS.getManager(); FileObject file = fsManager.resolveFile("ftp://"+userStr+":"+passStr+"@"+host+"/home/", opts); // .... whats next i do here? ..... } catch (Exception e) { session.disconnect(); e.printStackTrace(); } ``` Please help me, Thank you before :)

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