How to use JFileChooser to find a file location

Question

Is there a method that i can use to simply find a file location? I\'m trying allow the user to choose a file and open it, but I have to have the JFileChooser just choose the

Answer 1

The example in the javadoc show show to do this:

JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
FileNameExtensionFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter(
    "JPG & GIF Images", "jpg", "gif");
chooser.setFileFilter(filter);
int returnVal = chooser.showOpenDialog(parent);
if(returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
   System.out.println("You chose to open this file: " +
        chooser.getSelectedFile().getName());
}

That's what chooser.getSelectedFile() is doing. Take the result of that and pass it to another method.