Module java.desktop
Package javax.swing.filechooser

# Class FileSystemView

java.lang.Object
javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView

public abstract class FileSystemView extends Object
FileSystemView is JFileChooser's gateway to the file system. Since the JDK1.1 File API doesn't allow access to such information as root partitions, file type information, or hidden file bits, this class is designed to intuit as much OS-specific file system information as possible.

Java Licensees may want to provide a different implementation of FileSystemView to better handle a given operating system.

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`FileSystemView()`
Constructs a FileSystemView.

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`File`
`createFileObject(File dir, String filename)`
Returns a File object constructed in dir from the given filename.
`File`
`createFileObject(String path)`
Returns a File object constructed from the given path string.
`protected File`
`createFileSystemRoot(File f)`
Creates a new `File` object for `f` with correct behavior for a file system root directory.
`abstract File`
`createNewFolder(File containingDir)`
Creates a new folder with a default folder name.
`File`
`getChild(File parent, String fileName)`
`File[]`
`getChooserComboBoxFiles()`
Returns an array of files representing the values which will be shown in the file chooser selector.
`final File[]`
`getChooserShortcutPanelFiles()`
Returns an array of files representing the values to show by default in the file chooser shortcuts panel.
`File`
`getDefaultDirectory()`
Return the user's default starting directory for the file chooser.
`File[]`
`getFiles(File dir, boolean useFileHiding)`
Gets the list of shown (i.e. not hidden) files.
`static FileSystemView`
`getFileSystemView()`
Returns the file system view.
`File`
`getHomeDirectory()`
Returns the home directory.
`File`
`getLinkLocation(File file)`
Returns the regular file referenced by the specified link file if the specified file is a shell interpreted link.
`File`
`getParentDirectory(File dir)`
Returns the parent directory of `dir`.
`File[]`
`getRoots()`
Returns all root partitions on this system.
`String`
`getSystemDisplayName(File f)`
Name of a file, directory, or folder as it would be displayed in a system file browser.
`Icon`
`getSystemIcon(File f)`
Icon for a file, directory, or folder as it would be displayed in a system file browser.
`Icon`
`getSystemIcon(File f, int width, int height)`
Returns an icon for a file, directory, or folder as it would be displayed in a system file browser for the requested size.
`String`
`getSystemTypeDescription(File f)`
Type description for a file, directory, or folder as it would be displayed in a system file browser.
`boolean`
`isComputerNode(File dir)`
Used by UI classes to decide whether to display a special icon for a computer node, e.g.
`boolean`
`isDrive(File dir)`
Used by UI classes to decide whether to display a special icon for drives or partitions, e.g. a "hard disk" icon.
`boolean`
`isFileSystem(File f)`
Checks if `f` represents a real directory or file as opposed to a special folder such as `"Desktop"`.
`boolean`
`isFileSystemRoot(File dir)`
Is dir the root of a tree in the file system, such as a drive or partition.
`boolean`
`isFloppyDrive(File dir)`
Used by UI classes to decide whether to display a special icon for a floppy disk.
`boolean`
`isHiddenFile(File f)`
Returns whether a file is hidden or not.
`boolean`
`isLink(File file)`
Returns whether the specified file denotes a shell interpreted link which can be obtained by the `getLinkLocation(File)`.
`boolean`
`isParent(File folder, File file)`
On Windows, a file can appear in multiple folders, other than its parent directory in the filesystem.
`boolean`
`isRoot(File f)`
Determines if the given file is a root in the navigable tree(s).
`Boolean`
`isTraversable(File f)`
Returns true if the file (directory) can be visited.

### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

## Constructor Details

### FileSystemView

public FileSystemView()
Constructs a FileSystemView.

## Method Details

### getFileSystemView

public static FileSystemView getFileSystemView()
Returns the file system view.

Returns:
  the file system view

### isRoot

public boolean isRoot(File f)
Determines if the given file is a root in the navigable tree(s). Examples: Windows 98 has one root, the Desktop folder. DOS has one root per drive letter, `C:\`, `D:\`, etc. Unix has one root, the `"/"` directory. The default implementation gets information from the `ShellFolder` class.

Parameters:
  `f` - a `File` object representing a directory
Returns:
  `true` if `f` is a root in the navigable tree.
See Also:
  - `isFileSystemRoot(java.io.File)`

### isTraversable

public Boolean isTraversable(File f)
Returns true if the file (directory) can be visited. Returns false if the directory cannot be traversed.

Parameters:
  `f` - the `File`
Returns:
  `true` if the file/directory can be traversed, otherwise `false`
Since:
  1.4
See Also:
  - `JFileChooser.isTraversable(java.io.File)`
  - `FileView.isTraversable(java.io.File)`

### getSystemDisplayName

public String getSystemDisplayName(File f)
Name of a file, directory, or folder as it would be displayed in a system file browser. Example from Windows: the "M:\" directory displays as "CD-ROM (M:)" The default implementation gets information from the ShellFolder class.

Parameters:
  `f` - a `File` object
Returns:
  the file name as it would be displayed by a native file chooser
Since:
  1.4
See Also:
  - `JFileChooser.getName(java.io.File)`

### getSystemTypeDescription

public String getSystemTypeDescription(File f)
Type description for a file, directory, or folder as it would be displayed in a system file browser. Example from Windows: the "Desktop" folder is described as "Desktop". Override for platforms with native ShellFolder implementations.

Parameters:
  `f` - a `File` object
Returns:
  the file type description as it would be displayed by a native file chooser or null if no native information is available.
Since:
  1.4
See Also:
  - `JFileChooser.getTypeDescription(java.io.File)`

### getSystemIcon

public Icon getSystemIcon(File f)
Icon for a file, directory, or folder as it would be displayed in a system file browser. Example from Windows: the "M:\" directory displays a CD-ROM icon.

The default implementation gets information from the ShellFolder class.

Parameters:
  `f` - a `File` object
Returns:
  an icon as it would be displayed by a native file chooser
Since:
  1.4
See Also:
  - `JFileChooser.getIcon(java.io.File)`

### getSystemIcon

public Icon getSystemIcon(File f, int width, int height)
Returns an icon for a file, directory, or folder as it would be displayed in a system file browser for the requested size.

Example:

         FileSystemView fsv = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView();
         Icon icon = fsv.getSystemIcon(new File("application.exe"), 64, 64);
         JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);

Implementation Requirements:
  The available icons may be platform specific and so the available sizes determined by the platform. Therefore an exact match for the requested size may not be possible. The icon returned may be a multi-resolution icon image, which allows better support for High DPI environments with different scaling factors.
Parameters:
  `f` - a `File` object for which the icon will be retrieved
  `width` - width of the icon in user coordinate system.
  `height` - height of the icon in user coordinate system.
Returns:
  an icon as it would be displayed by a native file chooser or null for a non-existent or inaccessible file.
Throws:
  `IllegalArgumentException` - if an invalid parameter such as a negative size or a null file reference is passed.
Since:
  17
See Also:
  - `JFileChooser.getIcon(java.io.File)`
  - `AbstractMultiResolutionImage`
  - `getSystemIcon(File)`

### isParent

public boolean isParent(File folder, File file)
On Windows, a file can appear in multiple folders, other than its parent directory in the filesystem. Folder could for example be the "Desktop" folder which is not the same as file.getParentFile().

Parameters:
  `folder` - a `File` object representing a directory or special folder
  `file` - a `File` object
Returns:
  `true` if `folder` is a directory or special folder and contains `file`.
Since:
  1.4

### getChild

public File getChild(File parent, String fileName)

Parameters:
  `parent` - a `File` object representing a directory or special folder
  `fileName` - a name of a file or folder which exists in `parent`
Returns:
  a File object. This is normally constructed with `new File(parent, fileName)` except when parent and child are both special folders, in which case the `File` is a wrapper containing a `ShellFolder` object.
Since:
  1.4

### isFileSystem

public boolean isFileSystem(File f)
Checks if `f` represents a real directory or file as opposed to a special folder such as `"Desktop"`. Used by UI classes to decide if a folder is selectable when doing directory choosing.

Parameters:
  `f` - a `File` object
Returns:
  `true` if `f` is a real file or directory.
Since:
  1.4

### createNewFolder

public abstract File createNewFolder(File containingDir) throws IOException
Creates a new folder with a default folder name.

Parameters:
  `containingDir` - a `File` object denoting directory to contain the new folder
Returns:
  a `File` object denoting the newly created folder
Throws:
  `IOException` - if new folder could not be created

### isHiddenFile

public boolean isHiddenFile(File f)
Returns whether a file is hidden or not.

Parameters:
  `f` - a `File` object
Returns:
  true if the given `File` denotes a hidden file

### isFileSystemRoot

public boolean isFileSystemRoot(File dir)
Is dir the root of a tree in the file system, such as a drive or partition. Example: Returns true for "C:\" on Windows 98.

Parameters:
  `dir` - a `File` object representing a directory
Returns:
  `true` if `f` is a root of a filesystem
Since:
  1.4
See Also:
  - `isRoot(java.io.File)`

### isDrive

public boolean isDrive(File dir)
Used by UI classes to decide whether to display a special icon for drives or partitions, e.g. a "hard disk" icon. The default implementation has no way of knowing, so always returns false.

Parameters:
  `dir` - a directory
Returns:
  `false` always
Since:
  1.4

### isFloppyDrive

public boolean isFloppyDrive(File dir)
Used by UI classes to decide whether to display a special icon for a floppy disk. Implies isDrive(dir). The default implementation has no way of knowing, so always returns false.

Parameters:
  `dir` - a directory
Returns:
  `false` always
Since:
  1.4

### isComputerNode

public boolean isComputerNode(File dir)
Used by UI classes to decide whether to display a special icon for a computer node, e.g. "My Computer" or a network server. The default implementation has no way of knowing, so always returns false.

Parameters:
  `dir` - a directory
Returns:
  `false` always
Since:
  1.4

### getRoots

public File[] getRoots()
Returns all root partitions on this system. For example, on Windows, this would be the "Desktop" folder, while on DOS this would be the A: through Z: drives.

Returns:
  an array of `File` objects representing all root partitions on this system

### getHomeDirectory

public File getHomeDirectory()
Returns the home directory.

Returns:
  the home directory

### getDefaultDirectory

public File getDefaultDirectory()
Return the user's default starting directory for the file chooser.

Returns:
  a `File` object representing the default starting folder
Since:
  1.4

### createFileObject

public File createFileObject(File dir, String filename)
Returns a File object constructed in dir from the given filename.

Parameters:
  `dir` - an abstract pathname denoting a directory
  `filename` - a `String` representation of a pathname
Returns:
  a `File` object created from `dir` and `filename`

### createFileObject

public File createFileObject(String path)
Returns a File object constructed from the given path string.

Parameters:
  `path` - `String` representation of path
Returns:
  a `File` object created from the given `path`

### getFiles

public File[] getFiles(File dir, boolean useFileHiding)
Gets the list of shown (i.e. not hidden) files.

Parameters:
  `dir` - the root directory of files to be returned
  `useFileHiding` - determine if hidden files are returned
Returns:
  an array of `File` objects representing files and directories in the given `dir`. It includes hidden files if `useFileHiding` is false.

### getParentDirectory

public File getParentDirectory(File dir)
Returns the parent directory of `dir`.

Parameters:
  `dir` - the `File` being queried
Returns:
  the parent directory of `dir`, or `null` if `dir` is `null`

### getChooserComboBoxFiles

public File[] getChooserComboBoxFiles()
Returns an array of files representing the values which will be shown in the file chooser selector.

Returns:
  an array of `File` objects. The array returned may be possibly empty if there are no appropriate permissions.
Since:
  9

### getChooserShortcutPanelFiles

public final File[] getChooserShortcutPanelFiles()
Returns an array of files representing the values to show by default in the file chooser shortcuts panel.

Returns:
  an array of `File` objects. The array returned may be possibly empty if there are no appropriate permissions.
Since:
  12

### isLink

public boolean isLink(File file)
Returns whether the specified file denotes a shell interpreted link which can be obtained by the `getLinkLocation(File)`.

Parameters:
  `file` - a file
Returns:
  whether this is a link
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - if `file` equals `null`
  `SecurityException` - if the caller does not have necessary permissions
Since:
  9
See Also:
  - `getLinkLocation(File)`

### getLinkLocation

public File getLinkLocation(File file) throws FileNotFoundException
Returns the regular file referenced by the specified link file if the specified file is a shell interpreted link. Returns `null` if the specified file is not a shell interpreted link.

Parameters:
  `file` - a file
Returns:
  the linked file or `null`.
Throws:
  `FileNotFoundException` - if the linked file does not exist
  `NullPointerException` - if `file` equals `null`
  `SecurityException` - if the caller does not have necessary permissions
Since:
  9

### createFileSystemRoot

protected File createFileSystemRoot(File f)
Creates a new `File` object for `f` with correct behavior for a file system root directory.

Parameters:
  `f` - a `File` object representing a file system root directory, for example "/" on Unix or "C:\" on Windows.
Returns:
  a new `File` object
Since:
  1.4