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

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.