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Text file viewer

  
/*
 * Copyright (c) 2004 David Flanagan.  All rights reserved.
 * This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3nd Edition.
 * It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
 * You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose,
 * including teaching and use in open-source projects.
 * You may distribute it non-commercially as long as you retain this notice.
 * For a commercial use license, or to purchase the book, 
 * please visit http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples3.
 */

import java.awt.Button;
import java.awt.FileDialog;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.Panel;
import java.awt.TextArea;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This class creates and displays a window containing a TextArea, in which the
 * contents of a text file are displayed.
 */
public class FileViewer extends Frame implements ActionListener {
  String directory; // The default directory to display in the FileDialog

  TextArea textarea; // The area to display the file contents into

  /** Convenience constructor: file viewer starts out blank */
  public FileViewer() {
    this(null, null);
  }

  /** Convenience constructor: display file from current directory */
  public FileViewer(String filename) {
    this(null, filename);
  }

  /**
   * The real constructor. Create a FileViewer object to display the specified
   * file from the specified directory
   */
  public FileViewer(String directory, String filename) {
    super(); // Create the frame

    // Destroy the window when the user requests it
    addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
      public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
        dispose();
      }
    });

    // Create a TextArea to display the contents of the file in
    textarea = new TextArea("", 24, 80);
    textarea.setFont(new Font("MonoSpaced", Font.PLAIN, 12));
    textarea.setEditable(false);
    this.add("Center", textarea);

    // Create a bottom panel to hold a couple of buttons in
    Panel p = new Panel();
    p.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT, 10, 5));
    this.add(p, "South");

    // Create the buttons and arrange to handle button clicks
    Font font = new Font("SansSerif", Font.BOLD, 14);
    Button openfile = new Button("Open File");
    Button close = new Button("Close");
    openfile.addActionListener(this);
    openfile.setActionCommand("open");
    openfile.setFont(font);
    close.addActionListener(this);
    close.setActionCommand("close");
    close.setFont(font);
    p.add(openfile);
    p.add(close);

    this.pack();

    // Figure out the directory, from filename or current dir, if necessary
    if (directory == null) {
      File f;
      if ((filename != null) && (f = new File(filename)).isAbsolute()) {
        directory = f.getParent();
        filename = f.getName();
      } else
        directory = System.getProperty("user.dir");
    }

    this.directory = directory; // Remember the directory, for FileDialog
    setFile(directory, filename); // Now load and display the file
  }

  /**
   * Load and display the specified file from the specified directory
   */
  public void setFile(String directory, String filename) {
    if ((filename == null) || (filename.length() == 0))
      return;
    File f;
    FileReader in = null;
    // Read and display the file contents. Since we're reading text, we
    // use a FileReader instead of a FileInputStream.
    try {
      f = new File(directory, filename); // Create a file object
      in = new FileReader(f); // And a char stream to read it
      char[] buffer = new char[4096]; // Read 4K characters at a time
      int len; // How many chars read each time
      textarea.setText(""); // Clear the text area
      while ((len = in.read(buffer)) != -1) { // Read a batch of chars
        String s = new String(buffer, 0, len); // Convert to a string
        textarea.append(s); // And display them
      }
      this.setTitle("FileViewer: " + filename); // Set the window title
      textarea.setCaretPosition(0); // Go to start of file
    }
    // Display messages if something goes wrong
    catch (IOException e) {
      textarea.setText(e.getClass().getName() + ": " + e.getMessage());
      this.setTitle("FileViewer: " + filename + ": I/O Exception");
    }
    // Always be sure to close the input stream!
    finally {
      try {
        if (in != null)
          in.close();
      } catch (IOException e) {
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Handle button clicks
   */
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    String cmd = e.getActionCommand();
    if (cmd.equals("open")) { // If user clicked "Open" button
      // Create a file dialog box to prompt for a new file to display
      FileDialog f = new FileDialog(this, "Open File", FileDialog.LOAD);
      f.setDirectory(directory); // Set the default directory

      // Display the dialog and wait for the user's response
      f.show();

      directory = f.getDirectory(); // Remember new default directory
      setFile(directory, f.getFile()); // Load and display selection
      f.dispose(); // Get rid of the dialog box
    } else if (cmd.equals("close")) // If user clicked "Close" button
      this.dispose(); // then close the window
  }

  /**
   * The FileViewer can be used by other classes, or it can be used standalone
   * with this main() method.
   */
  static public void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // Create a FileViewer object
    Frame f = new FileViewer((args.length == 1) ? args[0] : null);
    // Arrange to exit when the FileViewer window closes
    f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
      public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {
        System.exit(0);
      }
    });
    // And pop the window up
    f.show();
  }
}

   
    
  

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