com.sun.xfilechooser
Class XFileSystemView

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView
      com.sun.xfilechooser.XFileSystemView

public abstract class XFileSystemView
extends javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

XFileSystemView class allows the XFileChooser to provide XFile object data to the FileSystemView of the JFileChooser. This class overrides the FileSystemView provided by JFileChooser. Whenever an XFileChooser constructor is called the FileSystemView that is set would be the XFileSystemView.

Constructor Summary

XFileSystemView()

Method Summary

java.io.File	createFileObject(java.io.File dir, java.lang.String filename) Creates a File object constructed from File obj and filename
java.io.File	createFileObject(java.lang.String path) Creates a file object constructed from give pathname
java.io.File[]	getFiles(java.io.File dir, boolean useFileHiding) Returns the list of files in a directory
static javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView	getFileSystemView() Depending on type of operating system (e.g.
java.io.File	getHomeDirectory() Returns the user's home directory
java.io.File	getParentDirectory(java.io.File dir) Returns the parent directory of specified directory/file object
boolean	isRoot(java.io.File f) Returns true if the given file object is root.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

createFileSystemRoot, createNewFolder, getChild, getDefaultDirectory, getRoots, getSystemDisplayName, getSystemIcon, getSystemTypeDescription, isComputerNode, isDrive, isFileSystem, isFileSystemRoot, isFloppyDrive, isHiddenFile, isParent, isTraversable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XFileSystemView

public XFileSystemView()

Method Detail

getFileSystemView

public static javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView getFileSystemView()

Depending on type of operating system (e.g. unix, windows, or generic) it would return the file system view.

Returns:

FileSystemView the operating system file system view

createFileObject

public java.io.File createFileObject(java.io.File dir,
                                     java.lang.String filename)

Creates a File object constructed from File obj and filename

Overrides:

createFileObject in class javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

Parameters:

dir - file object of directory

filename - name of file in directory

Returns:

File object created

createFileObject

public java.io.File createFileObject(java.lang.String path)

Creates a file object constructed from give pathname

Overrides:

createFileObject in class javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

Returns:

File object constructed from the given path string.

getFiles

public java.io.File[] getFiles(java.io.File dir,
                               boolean useFileHiding)

Returns the list of files in a directory

Overrides:

getFiles in class javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

Parameters:

dir - directory

useFileHiding - flag to indicate to either show files hidden or not.

Returns:

File[] array of files in the directory

getHomeDirectory

public java.io.File getHomeDirectory()

Returns the user's home directory

Overrides:

getHomeDirectory in class javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

Returns:

File object of user's home directory

getParentDirectory

public java.io.File getParentDirectory(java.io.File dir)

Returns the parent directory of specified directory/file object

Overrides:

getParentDirectory in class javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

Parameters:

dir - directory

Returns:

parent directory

isRoot

public boolean isRoot(java.io.File f)

Returns true if the given file object is root.

Overrides:

isRoot in class javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

Parameters:

f - file object to check if root

Returns:

boolean value if file object is root (true) or not (false)