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The_dempa
The_dempa

Reputation: 115

How to set all selected file absolute paths/names by JFileChooser into a JTextField

I have this small application with a JButton to open a JFileChooser to select multiple files. So when I click its approve button I should be able to set all the selected files' absolute paths or names into a JTextField(in my case it's jTextField1).

I know how to do this if I have selected only 1 file, but not with MULTIPLE SELECTED FILES

How can I do this???

private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                         
    JFileChooser copy = new JFileChooser();
    copy.setApproveButtonText("Copy");
    copy.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
    copy.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);
    int copyDialog = copy.showOpenDialog(null);
    File[] files = copy.getSelectedFiles();
    if (copyDialog == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
        if(files.length>=2){
            jTextField1.setText(files.toString()); // I need to set jTextField1's text with all the selected file paths or names
        }else{
            jTextField1.setText(copy.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath().toString());
        }
    } else {

    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 106

Answers (1)

Stefan Warminski
Stefan Warminski

Reputation: 1835

You can collect and join the files with a stream:

Arrays.stream(files)
        .map(File::getAbsolutePath)
        .collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));

This would join the paths by a linebreak. You can change your delimiter to your need. In that case there is no need for your if(files.length>=2)

If it is not possible to use java 8 you can create a method creating the complete string:

private String getPaths(File[] files) {
    if (files == null || files.length == 0) {
        return "";
    }
    StringBuilder paths = new StringBuilder();
    paths.append(files[0].getAbsolutePath());
    for (int i = 1; i < files.length; i++) {
        paths.append('\n');
        paths.append(files[i].getAbsolutePath());
    }
    return paths.toString();
}

Upvotes: 2

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