Java JFileChooser chooseFileToRead(Component owner, FileFilter filter, File pathToNavigateTo)

Description

choose File To Read

License

Apache License

Declaration

private static File chooseFileToRead(Component owner, FileFilter filter, File pathToNavigateTo) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*  ww  w . jav  a 2 s. c  o m*/
 * Copyright 2012 msg systems ag
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 **/

import java.awt.Component;
import java.io.File;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;

public class Main {
    private static File chooseFileToRead(Component owner, FileFilter filter, File pathToNavigateTo) {

        File result = null;

        JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
        fileChooser.setFileFilter(filter);
        if (pathToNavigateTo != null) {
            fileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(pathToNavigateTo);
        }

        int returnVal = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(owner);
        if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            result = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
        }
        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. chooseFile(String title)
2. chooseFiles()
3. chooseFiles(final Component parent)
4. chooseFiles(String title, File currentDir)
5. chooseFilesForOpen(String title, FileFilter filter, File initialDir)
6. chooseNewFile(final Component parent, final File startingDirectory)
7. chooseOpenFile(String dir, String fileName, String fileNameExtension, Component parent)
8. chooseSaveFile(Component parent, File defaultFile, FileFilter filter)
9. chooseSaveFile(String dir, String initialFile, String fileNameExtension, Component parent)