Subj : Re: Problem using JS Objects and JS Objects implementing Java Interfaces
To   : Alvaro Diaz <alvaro.diaz@roxes.com>
From : Igor Bukanov <igor@fastmail.fm>
Date : Wed Apr 30 2003 02:59 pm

Alvaro Diaz wrote:
> I wrote a function for reading the contents of a directory recursively.
> But the result of calling the function (contained in variable root) is undefined.
> Can somebody help me out ?
> 
> function Directory( path)
> {
> 	var directories = new Array();
> 	var files = new Array();
> 
> 	var directoryFilter = new java.io.FilenameFilter()
> 	{
> 		
> 		accept:function( dir, name)
> 		{
> 			if( new java.io.File( dir, name).isDirectory())
> 				directories.push( [name, Directory( path + "/" + name)]);
> 			else
> 				files.push( name);
> 		}
> 	}
> 			
> 	new java.io.File( path).list( directoryFilter);
> 
> 	directories.sort();
> 	files.sort();
> 	
> 	return this;
> }
> 
> var root = Directory( ".");

Are you sure that root contains undefined? You code for Directory 
function has no other side effects then
function Directory( path)
{
	return this;
}
var root = Directory( ".");

and that should put the current scope object to root, not undefined.

Regards, Igor

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