Question

I’ve just finished making this recursive method:

/// <summary>
/// Recursively process a given directory and add its file to Library.xml
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sourceDir">Source directory</param>
public void ProcessDir(string sourceDir)
{
    string[] fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(sourceDir, "*.mp3");
    foreach (string fileName in fileEntries)
    {
        Song newSong = new Song();
        newSong.ArtistName = "test artist";
        newSong.AlbumName = "test album";
        newSong.Name = "test song title";
        newSong.Length = 1234;
        newSong.FileName = fileName;

        songsCollection.Songs.Add(newSong);
    }

    string[] subdirEntries = Directory.GetDirectories(sourceDir);
    foreach (string subdir in subdirEntries)
    {
        if ((File.GetAttributes(subdir) & FileAttributes.ReparsePoint) != FileAttributes.ReparsePoint)
        {
            ProcessDir(subdir);
        }
    }
}

Everything is working as expected, the only problem I’m having is: How do I know when this method finishes execution? Is there something made for that very purpose in .NET?

Answer 1

There’s nothing special in .NET that tells you this… Basically, the first call to ProcessDir will return after the recursion has ended.