nu.zoom.swing.desktop.component.filechooser

Interface FileChooser

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileChooserImpl

public interface FileChooser

A JFileChooser wrapper that remembers the last location the user opened a file from. The next time open or save is called the filechooser will start in the same directory. Keeps a list of last opened/saved files. This list can be used to for example build a quick-open menu.

Author:

Johan Maasing

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
File	openFile() Pops up the FileChooser in open mode.
File	saveFile() Pops up the FileChooser in save mode.
void	setMenu(StringMenu<File> menu) The filechooser will update this menu when a file is selected.

Method Detail

setMenu

void setMenu(StringMenu<File> menu)

The filechooser will update this menu when a file is selected. The menu will have an item with the file name (truncated to 20 characters) and a File object as the value.

Parameters:

menu - The menu to update. May be null.

See Also:

StringMenuItem

openFile

File openFile()

Pops up the FileChooser in open mode.

Returns:

The selected file, null if the user aborted or there was an error.

saveFile

File saveFile()

Pops up the FileChooser in save mode.

Returns:

The selected file, null if the user aborted or there was an error.