diff --git a/animal-sniffer/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/animal_sniffer/ClassFileVisitor.java b/animal-sniffer/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/animal_sniffer/ClassFileVisitor.java
index 40b579e8..ba83856c 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/animal_sniffer/ClassFileVisitor.java
+++ b/animal-sniffer/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/animal_sniffer/ClassFileVisitor.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
@@ -130,18 +128,16 @@ else if ( ( file.getName().endsWith( ".jar" ) || file.getName().endsWith( ".jmod
      *             or a class file (in which case that single class is processed).
      */
     public void process( Path path )
-            throws IOException {
-        Files.walkFileTree(path, Collections.emptySet(), 10000, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
 
-            @Override
-            public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path dir, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
-                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
-            }
+            final SortedSet<Path> files = new TreeSet<>();
 
             @Override
-            public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+            public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
                 if (file.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".class")) {
-                    process(file.toString(), Files.newInputStream(file));
+                    files.add(file);
                 }
                 // XXX we could add processing of jars here as well
                 // but it's not necessary for processing: Paths.get(URI.create("jrt:/modules"))
@@ -149,7 +145,21 @@ public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IO
             }
 
             @Override
-            public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException exc) throws IOException {
+            public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(final Path dir, final IOException exc) throws IOException {
+                if (exc != null) {
+                    throw exc;
+                }
+                for (final Path file : files) {
+                    try (final InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(file)) {
+                        process(file.toString(), inputStream);
+                    }
+                }
+                files.clear();
+                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(Path file, IOException exc) {
                 return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
             }
 
diff --git a/animal-sniffer/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/animal_sniffer/Main.java b/animal-sniffer/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/animal_sniffer/Main.java
index 1665ed6e..1a8890b0 100644
--- a/animal-sniffer/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/animal_sniffer/Main.java
+++ b/animal-sniffer/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/animal_sniffer/Main.java
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@
  */
 
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ public static void main( String[] args )
         Main m = new Main();
         String threshold = null;
 
-        List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<Path> files = new ArrayList<Path>();
         for ( int i = 0; i < args.length; i++ )
         {
             if (args[i].equals("-h"))
@@ -80,16 +83,32 @@ public static void main( String[] args )
                 continue;
             }
 
-            files.add(new File(args[i]));
+            files.add(getPath(args[i]));
         }
 
-        for ( File f : files )
-        {
-            m.process( f );
+        for (Path file : files) {
+            m.process(file);
         }
 
-        if (threshold!=null && m.maximumVersion.compareTo(threshold)>0)
+        if ( threshold != null && m.maximumVersion.compareTo(threshold) > 0 )
+        {
             System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Path getPath(String s) {
+        try {
+            URI uri = new URI(s);
+            String scheme = uri.getScheme();
+            // Only allow certain schemes to prevent treating (mistyped) file path unintentionally as URI
+            if (scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("file") || scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("jrt")) {
+                return Paths.get(uri);
+            }
+            // Fall through
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            // Fall through; probably not a URI but a file path
+        }
+        return Paths.get(s);
     }
 
     protected void process( String name, InputStream image )
@@ -132,5 +151,14 @@ private static int u2( byte u, byte d )
         HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("48.0","Java4");
         HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("49.0","Java5");
         HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("50.0","Java6");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("51.0","Java7");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("52.0","Java8");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("53.0","Java9");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("54.0","Java10");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("55.0","Java11");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("56.0","Java12");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("57.0","Java13");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("58.0","Java14");
+        HUMAN_READABLE_NAME.put("59.0","Java15");
     }
 }