Java JFileChooser .showOpenDialog (Component parent)

Syntax

JFileChooser.showOpenDialog(Component parent) has the following syntax.

public int showOpenDialog(Component parent)   throws HeadlessException

Example

In the following code shows how to use JFileChooser.showOpenDialog(Component parent) method.


import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
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public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] a) {

    JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();

    fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);

    fileChooser.showOpenDialog(null);
  }

}