condition in applescript if directory is empty do this, else do that

Question

So far I've got this:

property watch_folder : alias "Macintosh HD:Users:davidcuster:iFlicks:Watch Folder:"

tell application "Finder"
    count files of entire contents of watch_folder
    if the result = 0 then
        quit
    end if
end tell

I'm looking for an easier way to do this.

Answer 1

I don't know if this is any easier, but it's faster than getting the entire contents if the folder contains many files in subfolders:

tell application "Finder"
    if items of (POSIX file "/Users/username/folder" as alias) is {} then
        --
    else
        --
    end if
end tell

You can also replace Finder with System Events. For some reason Finder doesn't include hidden files but System Events does.