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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.globaltester.preferences;

import java.io.File;

import org.eclipse.jface.preference.DirectoryFieldEditor;
import org.eclipse.jface.resource.JFaceResources;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.DirectoryDialog;

/**
 * A field editor for a directory path type preference. A standard directory
 * dialog appears when the user presses the change button.
 */
public class ValidateDirectoryFieldEditor extends DirectoryFieldEditor {
    /**
     * Creates a new directory field editor 
     */
    protected ValidateDirectoryFieldEditor() {
    }

    /**
     * Creates a directory field editor.
     * 
     * @param name the name of the preference this field editor works on
     * @param labelText the label text of the field editor
     * @param parent the parent of the field editor's control
     */
    public ValidateDirectoryFieldEditor(String name, String labelText, Composite parent) {
        init(name, labelText);
        setErrorMessage(JFaceResources.getString("Use a valid directory!"));//$NON-NLS-1$
        setChangeButtonText(JFaceResources.getString("openBrowse"));//$NON-NLS-1$
        setValidateStrategy(VALIDATE_ON_KEY_STROKE);
        createControl(parent);
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * Method declared on StringButtonFieldEditor.
     * Opens the directory chooser dialog and returns the selected directory.
     */
    protected String changePressed() {
        File f = new File(getTextControl().getText());
        if (!f.exists()) {
            f = null;
        }
        File d = getDirectory(f);
        if (d == null) {
            return null;
        }

        return d.getAbsolutePath();
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * Method declared on StringFieldEditor.
     * Checks whether the text input field contains a valid directory.
     */
    protected boolean doCheckState() {
        String fileName = getTextControl().getText();
        Boolean fileIsDirectory;
        fileName = fileName.trim();
        if (fileName.length() == 0 && isEmptyStringAllowed()) {
            return true;
        }
        File file = new File(fileName);
        fileIsDirectory = file.isDirectory();
        return fileIsDirectory;
    }

    /**
     * Helper that opens the directory chooser dialog.
     * @param startingDirectory The directory the dialog will open in.
     * @return File File or <code>null</code>.
     * 
     */
    private File getDirectory(File startingDirectory) {

        DirectoryDialog fileDialog = new DirectoryDialog(getShell(), SWT.OPEN | SWT.SHEET);
        if (startingDirectory != null) {
            fileDialog.setFilterPath(startingDirectory.getPath());
        }
        String dir = fileDialog.open();
        if (dir != null) {
            dir = dir.trim();
            if (dir.length() > 0) {
                return new File(dir);
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}