Java JFileChooser chooseSaveFile(Component parent, File defaultFile, FileFilter filter)

Description

This method shows a dialog that the user can use to select a file, which it returns.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parent	The parent window for the dialog.
defaultFile	The default file to pre-select in the dialog, or null.
filter	The filter that indicates what files can be viewed.

Return

The file selected, or null if the user cancels.

Declaration

public static File chooseSaveFile(Component parent, File defaultFile, FileFilter filter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.awt.Component;
import java.io.*;

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;

public class Main {
    /**/*w  w w .  j  a v a  2 s.c o  m*/
     * This method shows a dialog that the user can use to select a file, which
     * it returns. If the user cancels, this method returns null.
     *
     * @param parent The parent window for the dialog.
     * @param defaultFile The default file to pre-select in the dialog, or null.
     * @param filter The filter that indicates what files can be viewed.
     * @return The file selected, or null if the user cancels.
     */
    public static File chooseSaveFile(Component parent, File defaultFile, FileFilter filter) {
        JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
        chooser.setFileFilter(filter);

        if (defaultFile != null) {
            chooser.setSelectedFile(defaultFile);
        }

        int result = chooser.showSaveDialog(parent);

        if (result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            return chooser.getSelectedFile();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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5. chooseOpenFile(String dir, String fileName, String fileNameExtension, Component parent)
6. chooseSaveFile(String dir, String initialFile, String fileNameExtension, Component parent)
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8. cleanFileSelector(JFileChooser filterUpdates)
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