Java JFileChooser selectFileForOpen(final Component parent, final FileFilter[] fileFilters, final String title, final FileFilter[] selectedFilters, final File initFile)

Description

select File For Open

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static File selectFileForOpen(final Component parent, final FileFilter[] fileFilters, final String title,
            final FileFilter[] selectedFilters, final File initFile) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.awt.Component;

import java.io.File;

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;

public class Main {
    public static File selectFileForOpen(final Component parent, final FileFilter[] fileFilters, final String title,
            final FileFilter[] selectedFilters, final File initFile) {
        JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
        chooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(false);
        chooser.setDragEnabled(false);
        chooser.setControlButtonsAreShown(true);
        chooser.setDialogType(JFileChooser.OPEN_DIALOG);
        chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY);

        for (final FileFilter fileFilter : fileFilters) {
            chooser.addChoosableFileFilter(fileFilter);
        }

        chooser.setDialogTitle(title);
        chooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false);

        if (initFile != null) {
            chooser.setCurrentDirectory(initFile);
            chooser.setName(initFile.getName());
        }

        int returnVal = chooser.showDialog(parent, "Open");
        selectedFilters[0] = chooser.getFileFilter();

        if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            File p_file = chooser.getSelectedFile();
            return p_file;
        } else {
            return null;
        }

    }
}

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