need advice using swing jfilechooser

[jimgardener]

hi
I created a gui app in which I have two jfilechooser widgets ,one to
select a file and other to select a different directory.I want the
selected filename and selected directory name to be displayed in a
textarea.If no selection is made ,i want to display an error message
instead.
I coded like this

class MyView extends JFrame {
private JFileChooser filechooser;
private JFileChooser dirchooser;
private JTextArea resultfield;
...//and many jpanels to contain these widgets above
//and ok,quit buttons
public MyView(MyModel model){
super("top frame");
model=model;
createAndAddAllWidgets();
}
public void createAndAddAllWidgets(){
...
filechooser=new JFileChooser("Select imagefile");
...
dirchooser=new JFileChooser();
dirchooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
...
//similarly adds textarea and needed ok, quit buttons
}
public String getSelectedFile(){
//?
}
public String getSelectedFolder(){
//?
}
public void displayMessage(String msg){
resultfield.setText(msg);
}
public void addOKButtonListener(ActionListener okl){
okbtn.addActionListener(okl);
}
public void addQuitButtonListener(ActionListener qbl){
quitbtn.addActionListener(qbl);
}

}//end of MyView class

class MyController{
private MyModel model;
private MyView view;
public MyController(MyModel m,MyView v ){
model=m;
view=v;
view.addOKButtonListener(new OKButtonListener());
view.addQuitButtonListener(new QuitButtonListener());
}
class OKButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String fileselection=view.getSelectedFile();
String folderselection=view.getSelectedFolder();

String result=model.processSelections(fileselection,
folderselection);
view.displayResult(result);
}
}//end inner class
class QuitButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
view.dispose();
}
}//end inner class
}//end of MyController class

class MyModel{
public String processSelections(String filename,String foldername){
String result="you selected file:"+filename+" you selected
folder:"+foldername;
return result;
}
}//end of MyModel class

What I couldn't figure out was how to code the logic in MyView's
getSelectedFile(),getSelectedFolder() methods..
I can get the selected file name string as ,

filechooser.getSelectedFile().getPath() and
the selected folder name as
dirchooser.getSelectedFile().getPath()

But,how should I deal with the situation when no file is selected or
no folder is selected?Should I return an empty string from the method ?
How can I display an error message if both happen at the same time?
I need to display the result from MyModel's processSelections() if
selections are made.I am not sure how I should do this.Should I define
a new Exception for these empty selection cases? or should I create
StringBuffer and append messages into it, and use it when I call
MyView's displayMessage() ?
If anyone can help me here ,it would be nice.
thanks,
jim

 

[Knute Johnson]

hi
I created a gui app in which I have two jfilechooser widgets ,one to
select a file and other to select a different directory.I want the
selected filename and selected directory name to be displayed in a
textarea.If no selection is made ,i want to display an error message
instead.
I coded like this

class MyView extends JFrame {
private JFileChooser filechooser;
private JFileChooser dirchooser;
private JTextArea resultfield;
...//and many jpanels to contain these widgets above
//and ok,quit buttons
public MyView(MyModel model){
super("top frame");
model=model;
createAndAddAllWidgets();
}
public void createAndAddAllWidgets(){
...
filechooser=new JFileChooser("Select imagefile");
...
dirchooser=new JFileChooser();
dirchooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
...
//similarly adds textarea and needed ok, quit buttons
}
public String getSelectedFile(){
//?
}
public String getSelectedFolder(){
//?
}
public void displayMessage(String msg){
resultfield.setText(msg);
}
public void addOKButtonListener(ActionListener okl){
okbtn.addActionListener(okl);
}
public void addQuitButtonListener(ActionListener qbl){
quitbtn.addActionListener(qbl);
}

}//end of MyView class

class MyController{
private MyModel model;
private MyView view;
public MyController(MyModel m,MyView v ){
model=m;
view=v;
view.addOKButtonListener(new OKButtonListener());
view.addQuitButtonListener(new QuitButtonListener());
}
class OKButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String fileselection=view.getSelectedFile();
String folderselection=view.getSelectedFolder();

String result=model.processSelections(fileselection,
folderselection);
view.displayResult(result);
}
}//end inner class
class QuitButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
view.dispose();
}
}//end inner class
}//end of MyController class

class MyModel{
public String processSelections(String filename,String foldername){
String result="you selected file:"+filename+" you selected
folder:"+foldername;
return result;
}
}//end of MyModel class

What I couldn't figure out was how to code the logic in MyView's
getSelectedFile(),getSelectedFolder() methods..
I can get the selected file name string as ,

filechooser.getSelectedFile().getPath() and
the selected folder name as
dirchooser.getSelectedFile().getPath()

But,how should I deal with the situation when no file is selected or
no folder is selected?Should I return an empty string from the method ?
How can I display an error message if both happen at the same time?
I need to display the result from MyModel's processSelections() if
selections are made.I am not sure how I should do this.Should I define
a new Exception for these empty selection cases? or should I create
StringBuffer and append messages into it, and use it when I call
MyView's displayMessage() ?
If anyone can help me here ,it would be nice.
thanks,
jim

You didn't say what you wanted your program to do and the two
JFileChoosers didn't make a lot of sense. They are designed to allow
you to move through the directories and select the file you want. So
here is a simple program to select, load and display an image file.
There are a lot of ways to go about this but this is pretty simple and
covers a lot of things that can prove to be problematic when you first
try them. In this example if you don't select a file, nothing happens.
If you successfully pick one then it will be displayed on the JPanel.
If there is an error, a dialog is displayed with the error information.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.filechooser.*;

public class test extends JPanel {
// create this now so there won't be a delay on first opening
private final JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
private final AbstractAction loadAction;

private BufferedImage bi;

public test() {
// set a default size for the JPanel
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(640,480));
// put a title on the JFileChooser dialog
fc.setDialogTitle("Select Image File");
// set a filefilter to show only directories and image files
fc.addChoosableFileFilter(new FileNameExtensionFilter(
"Image Files","jpg","jpeg","gif","png"));
// create the action for the load button
loadAction = new LoadAction();
}

public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
// clear the background
g.setColor(getBackground());
g.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight());
// draw the image
g.drawImage(bi,0,0,null);
}

public class LoadAction extends AbstractAction {
public LoadAction() {
// label for the button
putValue(NAME,"Load Image");
}

public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent ae) {
// show the file chooser dialog
int option = fc.showOpenDialog(test.this);

if (option == JFileChooser.CANCEL_OPTION) {
// nothing to do here
} else if (option == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
try {
// read the image file
bi = ImageIO.read(fc.getSelectedFile());
// resize the JPanel to the image
test.this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(
bi.getWidth(),bi.getHeight()));
// cause it to be re-layed out
test.this.revalidate();
// repaint it
repaint();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
// display the io exception in a dialog
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(test.this,ioe,
"ERROR!",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}
} else if (option == JFileChooser.ERROR_OPTION) {
// display an error dialog
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(test.this,
"ERROR READING IMAGE FILE","ERROR!",
JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// create the frame
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// create the panel to show the image
test t = new test();
// wrap in a JScrollPane and add to frame
f.add(new JScrollPane(t),BorderLayout.CENTER);
// put the button on the frame
f.add(new JButton(t.loadAction),BorderLayout.SOUTH);
// display the frame
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}

 

[jimgardener]

You didn't say what you wanted your program to do and the two
JFileChoosers didn't make a lot of sense.  They are designed to allow
you to move through the directories and select the file you want.  So
here is a simple program to select, load and display an image file.
There are a lot of ways to go about this but this is pretty simple and
covers a lot of things that can prove to be problematic when you first
try them.  In this example if you don't select a file, nothing happens.
  If you successfully pick one then it will be displayed on the JPanel.
  If there is an error, a dialog is displayed with the error information.

thank you for the reply..
The reason why I wanted the 2 filechoosers is because I wanted the
user to select a file and at the same time select another directory
..I am taking two strings as user input ie,name of an image file and
name of another directory so that I can try to find if a matching
image exists in that directory.I thought putting two filechoosers
would be simpler and easier for users.

I solved this error message display in a convoluted manner

class Message{
private StringBuffer msg;
public Message(String msg){
this.msg=new StringBuffer(msg);
}
public Message(){
this.msg=new StringBuffer();
}
public void add(String msg){
this.msg.append(msg);
}
public String toString(){
return this.msg.toString();
}
}

then in MyView create an empty message

public MyView(MyModel model){
super("top frame");
model=model;
message=new Message();
....
}



public String getSelectedFile(){
String selectedfilename="";
java.io.File selectedFile=dirchooser.getSelectedFile();
if (selectedFolder==null){
message.add("you must select a file..");
resultfield.setText(message.toString());
}
...
return selectedfilename;
}
public void clearMessage(){
message=new Message();
}

Clicking OK button will first clear the message.

class OKButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
view.clearMessage();
...


Thanks for the filechooser demo code ..will go through this and
learn..Any more advices,pointers most welcome..
regards
jim

 

[jimgardener]

You didn't say what you wanted your program to do and the two
JFileChoosers didn't make a lot of sense.  They are designed to allow
you to move through the directories and select the file you want.  So
here is a simple program to select, load and display an image file.
There are a lot of ways to go about this but this is pretty simple and
covers a lot of things that can prove to be problematic when you first
try them.  In this example if you don't select a file, nothing happens.
  If you successfully pick one then it will be displayed on the JPanel.
  If there is an error, a dialog is displayed with the error information.

thank you for the reply..
The reason why I wanted the 2 filechoosers is because I wanted the
user to select a file and at the same time select another directory
..I am taking two strings as user input ie,name of an image file and
name of another directory so that I can try to find if a matching
image exists in that directory.I thought putting two filechoosers
would be simpler and easier for users.

I solved this error message display in a convoluted manner

class Message{
private StringBuffer msg;
public Message(String msg){
this.msg=new StringBuffer(msg);
}
public Message(){
this.msg=new StringBuffer();
}
public void add(String msg){
this.msg.append(msg);
}
public String toString(){
return this.msg.toString();
}
}

then in MyView create an empty message

public MyView(MyModel model){
super("top frame");
model=model;
message=new Message();
....
}



public String getSelectedFile(){
String selectedfilename="";
java.io.File selectedFile=dirchooser.getSelectedFile();
if (selectedFolder==null){
message.add("you must select a file..");
resultfield.setText(message.toString());
}
...
return selectedfilename;
}
public void clearMessage(){
message=new Message();
}

Clicking OK button will first clear the message.

class OKButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
view.clearMessage();
...


Thanks for the filechooser demo code ..will go through this and
learn..Any more advices,pointers most welcome..
regards
jim

 

[jimgardener]

You didn't say what you wanted your program to do and the two
JFileChoosers didn't make a lot of sense.  They are designed to allow
you to move through the directories and select the file you want.  So
here is a simple program to select, load and display an image file.
There are a lot of ways to go about this but this is pretty simple and
covers a lot of things that can prove to be problematic when you first
try them.  In this example if you don't select a file, nothing happens.
  If you successfully pick one then it will be displayed on the JPanel.
  If there is an error, a dialog is displayed with the error information.

thank you for the reply..
The reason why I wanted the 2 filechoosers is because I wanted the
user to select a file and at the same time select another directory
..I am taking two strings as user input ie,name of an image file and
name of another directory so that I can try to find if a matching
image exists in that directory.I thought putting two filechoosers
would be simpler and easier for users.

I solved this error message display in a convoluted manner

class Message{
private StringBuffer msg;
public Message(String msg){
this.msg=new StringBuffer(msg);
}
public Message(){
this.msg=new StringBuffer();
}
public void add(String msg){
this.msg.append(msg);
}
public String toString(){
return this.msg.toString();
}
}

then in MyView create an empty message

public MyView(MyModel model){
super("top frame");
model=model;
message=new Message();
....
}



public String getSelectedFile(){
String selectedfilename="";
java.io.File selectedFile=dirchooser.getSelectedFile();
if (selectedFolder==null){
message.add("you must select a file..");
resultfield.setText(message.toString());
}
...
return selectedfilename;
}
public void clearMessage(){
message=new Message();
}

Clicking OK button will first clear the message.

class OKButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
view.clearMessage();
...


Thanks for the filechooser demo code ..will go through this and
learn..Any more advices,pointers most welcome..
regards
jim

 

[jimgardener]

You didn't say what you wanted your program to do and the two
JFileChoosers didn't make a lot of sense.  They are designed to allow
you to move through the directories and select the file you want.  So
here is a simple program to select, load and display an image file.
There are a lot of ways to go about this but this is pretty simple and
covers a lot of things that can prove to be problematic when you first
try them.  In this example if you don't select a file, nothing happens.
  If you successfully pick one then it will be displayed on the JPanel.
  If there is an error, a dialog is displayed with the error information.

thank you for the reply..
The reason why I wanted the 2 filechoosers is because I wanted the
user to select a file and at the same time select another directory
..I am taking two strings as user input ie,name of an image file and
name of another directory so that I can try to find if a matching
image exists in that directory.I thought putting two filechoosers
would be simpler and easier for users.

I solved this error message display in a convoluted manner

class Message{
private StringBuffer msg;
public Message(String msg){
this.msg=new StringBuffer(msg);
}
public Message(){
this.msg=new StringBuffer();
}
public void add(String msg){
this.msg.append(msg);
}
public String toString(){
return this.msg.toString();
}
}

then in MyView create an empty message

public MyView(MyModel model){
super("top frame");
model=model;
message=new Message();
....
}



public String getSelectedFile(){
String selectedfilename="";
java.io.File selectedFile=dirchooser.getSelectedFile();
if (selectedFolder==null){
message.add("you must select a file..");
resultfield.setText(message.toString());
}
...
return selectedfilename;
}
public void clearMessage(){
message=new Message();
}

Clicking OK button will first clear the message.

class OKButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
view.clearMessage();
...


Thanks for the filechooser demo code ..will go through this and
learn..Any more advices,pointers most welcome..
regards
jim

 

[jimgardener]

You didn't say what you wanted your program to do and the two
JFileChoosers didn't make a lot of sense.  They are designed to allow
you to move through the directories and select the file you want.  So
here is a simple program to select, load and display an image file.
There are a lot of ways to go about this but this is pretty simple and
covers a lot of things that can prove to be problematic when you first
try them.  In this example if you don't select a file, nothing happens.
  If you successfully pick one then it will be displayed on the JPanel.
  If there is an error, a dialog is displayed with the error information.

thank you for the reply..
The reason why I wanted the 2 filechoosers is because I wanted the
user to select a file and at the same time select another directory
..I am taking two strings as user input ie,name of an image file and
name of another directory so that I can try to find if a matching
image exists in that directory.I thought putting two filechoosers
would be simpler and easier for users.

I solved this error message display in a convoluted manner

class Message{
private StringBuffer msg;
public Message(String msg){
this.msg=new StringBuffer(msg);
}
public Message(){
this.msg=new StringBuffer();
}
public void add(String msg){
this.msg.append(msg);
}
public String toString(){
return this.msg.toString();
}
}

then in MyView create an empty message

public MyView(MyModel model){
super("top frame");
model=model;
message=new Message();
....
}



public String getSelectedFile(){
String selectedfilename="";
java.io.File selectedFile=dirchooser.getSelectedFile();
if (selectedFolder==null){
message.add("you must select a file..");
resultfield.setText(message.toString());
}
...
return selectedfilename;
}
public void clearMessage(){
message=new Message();
}

Clicking OK button will first clear the message.

class OKButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
view.clearMessage();
...


Thanks for the filechooser demo code ..will go through this and
learn..Any more advices,pointers most welcome..
regards
jim