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NeoGeo
NeoGeo

Reputation: 1

set directory to a path in a file

I just want to set the directory to a path I have written in a file before.

Therefore I used :

fileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File("path.txt"));

and in path.txt the path is given. But unfortunately this does not work out and I wonder why :P. I think I got it all wrong with the setCurrentDic..

Upvotes: 0

Views: 9978

Answers (3)

Bozho
Bozho

Reputation: 597026

You have to read the contents of path.txt. Thea easiest way is through commons-io:

String fileContents = IOUtils.toString(new FileInputStream("path.txt"));
File dir = new File(fileContents);

You can also use FileUtils.readFileToString(..)

Upvotes: 1

JB Nizet
JB Nizet

Reputation: 691635

setCurrentDirectory takes a file representing a directory as parameter. Not a text file where a path is written.

To do what you want, you have to read the file "path.txt", create a File object with the contents that you just read, and pass this file to setCurrentDirectory :

String pathWrittenInTextFile = readFileAsString(new File("path.txt"));
File theDirectory = new File(pathWrittenInTextFile);
fileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(theDirectory);

Upvotes: 2

ayush
ayush

Reputation: 14568

JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();

try {
    // Create a File object containing the canonical path of the
    // desired directory
    File f = new File(new File(".").getCanonicalPath());

    // Set the current directory
    chooser.setCurrentDirectory(f);
} catch (IOException e) {
}

Upvotes: 0

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