Java: Accessing a File from an FTP Server

Question

So I have this FTP server with a bunch of folders and files inside.

My program needs to access this server, read all of the files, and display their data.

For de

Answer 1

File objects cannot handle an FTP connection, you need to use a URLConnection:

URL url = new URL ("ftp://username:password@www.superland.example/server");
URLConnection urlc = url.openConnection();
InputStream is = urlc.getInputStream();
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Consider as an alternative FTPClient from Apache Commons Net which has support for many protocols. Here is an FTP list files example.