Re: simple help about JFileChooser

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:24:57 -0700 (PDT), dreamtackler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>here is a method i writte in java
>public void aaa(){
>        JFileChooser chooser=new JFileChooser();
>           chooser.setFileFilter(new FileFilter() {//
>setFileFilter(javax.swing.Filechooser.filefilter)
>//in javax.swing.JFileChooser can't applied to (<anonymous
>java.io.fileFilter>)
>            public boolean accept(File f) {
>                String fileName = f.getName().toLowerCase();
>                return fileName.endsWith(".txt") || f.isDirectory();
>            }
>            public String getDescription() {
>                return "Text Files";
>            }
>        });
>        chooser.showOpenDialog(this);
>    }
>
>when used in some class it run well.but when it appear in some
>class,it goes wrong .the IDE tell me that
>setFileFilter(javax.swing.Filechooser.filefilter)
>//in javax.swing.JFileChooser can't applied to (<anonymous
>java.io.fileFilter>).
>who can tell me what's that means. and why that happen

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jfilechooser.html

There are two flavours of FileFilter.  You need a slightly more
elaborate one for JFileChooser.
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