Java JFileChooser getSystemFile(Component owner, int mode, FileFilter[] filters)

Description

Consistent way to chosing a file to open with JFileChooser.

License

Mozilla Public License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
owner	to show the component relative to.
mode	selection mode for the JFileChooser.

Return

File based on the user selection can be null.

Declaration

public static File getSystemFile(Component owner, int mode, FileFilter[] filters) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w w  . j  a v  a 2 s  .c  o  m
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import java.awt.Component;

import java.io.File;

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Consistent way to chosing a file to open with JFileChooser.
     * <p>
     * 
     * @see JFileChooser#setFileSelectionMode(int)
     * @see #getSystemFiles(Component, int)
     * @param owner to show the component relative to.
     * @param mode selection mode for the JFileChooser.
     * @return File based on the user selection can be null.
     */
    public static File getSystemFile(Component owner, int mode, FileFilter[] filters) {

        JFileChooser jfc = new JFileChooser();
        jfc.setFileSelectionMode(mode);
        jfc.setFileHidingEnabled(true);
        jfc.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(true);
        if (filters != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < filters.length; i++) {
                jfc.addChoosableFileFilter(filters[i]);
            }

            if (filters.length >= 1) {
                jfc.setFileFilter(filters[0]);
            }
        }

        int result = jfc.showOpenDialog(owner);

        if (result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            return jfc.getSelectedFile();
        }

        return null;
    }

    public static File getSystemFile(Component owner, int mode) {

        return getSystemFile(owner, mode, null);
    }
}

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1. getSaveFile(String message, File defaultFileOrDir, String description, final String... extensions)
2. getSelectedFiles(final JFileChooser chooser)
3. getSelectedFiles(JFileChooser chooser)
4. getSelectedFileWithExtension(JFileChooser c)
5. getSelectedFileWithExtension(JFileChooser c)
6. getTextFileChooser()
7. getXmlFileChooser()
8. importFile(JFileChooser jFileChooser)
9. initFileChooser(JFileChooser fileChooser, FileFilter filter)