Java JFileChooser getFilePath(Component parent, JFileChooser fileChooser, String title, FileFilter filter)

Description

get File Path

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static File getFilePath(Component parent, JFileChooser fileChooser, String title, FileFilter filter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w  w  w . jav a2s  .co  m*/
 * Copyright 2004-2010 Information & Software Engineering Group (188/1)
 *                     Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems
 *                     Vienna University of Technology, Austria
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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 */

import java.awt.Component;

import java.io.File;

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;

public class Main {
    public static File getFilePath(Component parent, JFileChooser fileChooser, String title) {
        return getFilePath(parent, fileChooser, title, null);
    }

    public static File getFilePath(Component parent, JFileChooser fileChooser, String title, FileFilter filter) {
        fileChooser = initFileChooser(fileChooser, filter);
        int returnVal = fileChooser.showDialog(parent, title);

        if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            return fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private static JFileChooser initFileChooser(JFileChooser fileChooser, FileFilter filter) {
        if (fileChooser.getSelectedFile() != null) { // reusing the dialog
            fileChooser = new JFileChooser(fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getPath());
        }
        if (filter != null) {
            fileChooser.setFileFilter(filter);
        }
        return fileChooser;
    }
}

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