From ff7611b70f230fdd65b64935da10a79cea72ce28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cramakri <cramakri>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:21:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] LMS-2102 Expand the options available in the file chooser
utils.
SVN: 20265
---
.../cisd/common/gui/FileChooserUtils.java | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/gui/FileChooserUtils.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/gui/FileChooserUtils.java
index ea3ed6ac66d..62895adb65a 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/gui/FileChooserUtils.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/gui/FileChooserUtils.java
@@ -85,6 +85,37 @@ public class FileChooserUtils
}
+ /**
+ * Let the user choose a file or directory. Start the selection process in
+ * <var>initialDirectoryOrNull</var> (defaulted to the home directory if it is null). The
+ * windows will be shown relative to <var>parentFrame</var>.
+ *
+ * @return The new file or directory if the user approved the selection or <code>null</code> if
+ * the user cancelled the selection.
+ */
+ public static File tryChooseFileOrDirectory(Frame parentFrame, File initialDirectoryOrNull)
+ {
+
+ // We can't use the awt file chooser to select files *or* directories (it only allows
+ // selection of one or the other).
+ File initialDirectory =
+ (initialDirectoryOrNull != null) ? initialDirectoryOrNull : new File(
+ System.getProperty("user.home"));
+
+ final JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser(initialDirectory);
+ fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
+ fileChooser.setDialogTitle("Select a directory or file");
+ final int returnVal = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(parentFrame);
+ if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
+ {
+ return fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
+ } else
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ }
+
private static String getTitle(boolean chooseDirectories)
{
return "Select a " + (chooseDirectories ? "Directory" : "File");
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