package com.baeldung.findfiles; import java.io.File; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.util.Iterator; import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils; import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.TrueFileFilter; import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.WildcardFileFilter; public class FindFileApacheUtils { private FindFileApacheUtils() { } public static Iterator find(Path startPath, String extension) { if (!Files.isDirectory(startPath)) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Provided path is not a directory: " + startPath); } if (!extension.startsWith(".")) extension = "." + extension; return FileUtils.iterateFiles(startPath.toFile(), WildcardFileFilter.builder() .setWildcards("*" + extension) .get(), TrueFileFilter.INSTANCE); } }