[TYPO3-mvc] extbase way of accessing folder based file collection

[Domi]

Hi Frans
>
> /**
> 	 * @param $uid collection uid from flexform
> 	 *
> 	 * @return array|void
> 	 */
> 	protected function getFileCollectionItems($uid) {
> 		/** @var $fileCollection
> \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\**Collection\**AbstractFileCollection */
> 		$fileCollection = $this->fileCollectionRepository->findByUid($uid);
> 		$fileCollection->loadContents();
> 		$items = $fileCollection->getItems();
>
> 		foreach ($items as $item) {
> 			/** @var FileReference $item */
> 			$files[] = $item->toArray();
> 		}
>
> 		return $files;
> 	}
>
I did this and it works!


> so this will  not work:
>
> 	$fileCollection->loadContents();
> 	$items = $fileCollection->getItems();
>
> 	return $fileCollection->loadContents();

This doesn't work for the FolderBasedFileCollection. I tried all options 
but items always remain empty.

Any ideas why it's not working?
Thanks,
Dominic