File Dialogs and Choosers

Filenames are problematic, even if you don't have to worry about cross-platform idiosyncrasies. Users forget filenames, mistype them, can't remember the exact path to files they need, and more. The proper way to ask a user to select a file is to show them a list of the files in the current directory and ask them to select from that list. You also need to allow them to navigate between directories, insert and remove disks, mount network servers, and more.

Most graphical user interfaces provide standard widgets for selecting a file. In Java the platform's native file selector widget is exposed through the java.awt.FileDialog class. Like many native peer-based classes, however, FileDialog doesn't behave exactly the same on all platforms. Therefore, Swing provides a pure Java implementation of a file dialog, the javax.swing.JFileChooser class. JFileChooser has much more reliable though less native cross-platform behavior.

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Java I/O
Java I/O
ISBN: 0596527500
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 244

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