Java JFileChooser getOpenFile(String name, String currentDirectory)

Description

get Open File

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static File getOpenFile(String name, String currentDirectory) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import javax.swing.*;

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    protected static String gLastDirectory = System.getProperty("user.dir");

    public static File getOpenFile(String name, String currentDirectory) {
        return getOpenFile(name, currentDirectory, null);

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    public static File getOpenFile(String name, String currentDirectory, String[] extension) {
        if (currentDirectory == null)
            currentDirectory = gLastDirectory;
        JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser(currentDirectory);
        File directory = new File(currentDirectory);
        File theFile = new File(directory, name);
        fc.setCurrentDirectory(directory);
        fc.setSelectedFile(theFile);
        fc.setDialogType(JFileChooser.OPEN_DIALOG);
        int ret = fc.showSaveDialog(null);
        if (ret == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            File selectedFile = fc.getSelectedFile();
            gLastDirectory = selectedFile.getParent();
            return selectedFile;
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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9. getSaveFile(String message, File defaultFileOrDir, String description, final String... extensions)