Java file browse

In this section, you will learn how to browse a file and allows the user to choose a file.

Description of code

GUI provide File choosers for navigating the file system, and then provide the utility to choose either file or directory from a list. The JFileChooser class opens up a file browser window and allows the user to choose a file.  Here we have used this class to select the file and pass it to the File object. The method getName() of File returns the name of the file.

showOpenDialog()- This method of JFileChooser class open the dialog and allow to select the file.

getSelectedFile()- This method of JFileChooser class returns the selected file.

getName()- This method of File class returns the file name from the path.

Here is the code:

import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class FileBrowser {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
		chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
		File file = chooser.getSelectedFile();
		String filename = file.getName();
		System.out.println("You have selected: " + filename);
	}
}

Through the use of JFileChooser class, you can navogate the file system and can select the file or directory of your choce.

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