Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #21758
| From | Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: The first 10 files |
| Date | 2013-01-26 16:00 -0700 |
| Organization | by the dead and drowsy fire |
| Message-ID | <ydnbocb1rdx.fsf@shell.xmission.com> (permalink) |
| References | <mn.d04a7dd156c148ef.70216@a.com> |
Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> writes:
> Using:
>
> int max = 10;
> int count = 0;
>
> for (File thisFile : aDir.listFiles())
> {
> doSomething(thisFile);
>
> if ( ++count >= max )
> break;
> }
>
> gives me the first ten files in aDir. But if aDir contains 30K files,
> then the listFiles() will run for a long time as it builds an array
> for the 30K files.
>
> Is there a way to have Java only get the first "max" files?
As Roedy says, in pure Java there's no way to avoid reading the entire
directory, whether it builds the entire array or not. And if you want
them in any particular order it's necessary to read them all and sort
them anyway.
--
Jim Janney
Back to comp.lang.java.programmer | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
The first 10 files Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2013-01-26 01:14 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-01-26 02:44 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-01-26 10:20 -0800
Re: The first 10 files "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-01-26 06:31 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2013-01-26 15:42 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2013-01-26 17:13 -0700
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-01-26 21:21 -0500
Re: The first 10 files "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-01-26 22:05 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-01-26 08:24 -0400
Re: The first 10 files Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-01-26 08:25 -0400
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-01-26 13:26 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-01-26 22:15 +0100
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-01-26 16:25 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-01-26 17:06 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2013-01-26 15:21 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-01-26 20:42 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2013-01-26 17:56 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-01-26 21:29 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-01-26 21:56 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2013-01-26 20:51 -0700
Re: The first 10 files Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2013-01-26 20:47 -0700
Re: The first 10 files Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-01-26 22:02 -0400
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-01-26 21:35 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-01-26 21:43 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-01-27 13:55 +0100
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-24 17:50 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-25 21:53 +0100
Re: The first 10 files Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2013-01-26 20:57 -0700
Re: The first 10 files Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2013-01-26 21:20 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-01-27 07:23 -0400
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-01-27 20:36 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2013-01-28 16:28 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-01-26 21:23 -0500
Re: The first 10 files Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-01-26 19:09 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2013-01-26 16:00 -0700
Re: The first 10 files Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2013-01-26 18:37 -0800
Re: The first 10 files Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2013-03-14 03:07 -0700
Re: The first 10 files lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-03-14 12:49 +0000
Re: The first 10 files Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-03-15 11:38 +0100
Re: The first 10 files Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2013-03-15 10:31 -0700
csiph-web