How do I tell if an SPListItem is a document or a folder

Question

I have a loop that is looping through a document library like in the example below.

foreach (SPListItem item in DocumentLibrary)
{
}

How do I tell if the SPListItem is a document or a folder?

Circumference

Answer 1

The Folder property of the list item will be null if the item is not a folder, so you can write:

public bool IsFolder(SPListItem item)
{
    return item.Folder != null;
}

In the same way, the File property of the item will be null if the item is not a document. However, the documentation advises against using this property in that case:

The File property also returns null if the item is a folder, or if the item is not located in a document library, although it is not recommended that you call this property in these cases.

An alternate way is to check the BaseType property of the list:

public bool IsDocument(SPListItem item)
{
    return !IsFolder(item)
        && item.ParentList.BaseType == SPBaseType.DocumentLibrary;
}

Coady

Answer 2

Use SPFileSystemObjectType enumeration. Here's a sample...

foreach (SPListItem item in docLib.Items)
{
    if (item.FileSystemObjectType == SPFileSystemObjectType.Folder)
    {
        // item is a folder 
        ...
    }
    else if (item.FileSystemObjectType == SPFileSystemObjectType.File)
    {
        // item is a file
        ...
    }
}

Rebellion

Answer 3

if (item.Folder!=null) 
  // item is Folder and Folder will hold the SPFolder class

Magnification

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Answer 4

if( item["ContentType"].ToString() == "Folder")

Soulier

Answer 5

I think the safest way is to check the FileSystemObjectType property

Reprint

Answer 6

if (oitem.ContentType.Name == spWeb.AvailableContentTypes[SPBuiltInContentTypeId.Folder].Name)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Folder Name: " + oitem.Name.ToString());
                        }

Accrual