Java JFileChooser setFile(File file, JFileChooser chooser)

Description

Set JFileChooser so it will always make the best of going to the location of the input file (whether its a file or directory)

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	a parameter
chooser	a parameter

Declaration

public static void setFile(File file, JFileChooser chooser) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Open Door Logistics (www.opendoorlogistics.com)
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License v3
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.io.File;

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

public class Main {
    /**//w w  w .  j a  va 2s.  c  o m
     * Set JFileChooser so it will always make the best of going
     * to the location of the input file (whether its a file or directory)
     * @param file
     * @param chooser
     */
    public static void setFile(File file, JFileChooser chooser) {
        if (file == null) {
            return;
        }

        // try turning into a directory if its a file that doesn't exist
        if (file.exists() == false && file.isFile()) {
            file = file.getParentFile();
        }

        if (file.exists()) {
            if (file.isFile()) {
                chooser.setSelectedFile(file);
            } else if (file.isDirectory()) {
                chooser.setCurrentDirectory(file);
            }
        }

    }
}

Related

1. selectFile(Component parent, boolean isOpen)
2. selectFile(String msg, File dir, FileFilter filterOrNull)
3. selectFileForOpen(final Component parent, final FileFilter[] fileFilters, final String title, final FileFilter[] selectedFilters, final File initFile)
4. selectNonExistingFile(Component parent, String extensionWanted)
5. setCurrentDirectory(JFileChooser fileChooser, String location)
6. setFileChooserFilters(JFileChooser fileDlg, String filters, int selectIndex)
7. setSelectedFile(JFileChooser chooser, File file)
8. SHOW_JFILECHOOSER(String title, String approvetext, int fileselectionmode, boolean multiselection)
9. showFileChooserLoop(Component parentComponent, JFileChooser chooser)