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## java.awt
Class FileDialog

    java.lang.Object
      java.awt.Component
          java.awt.Container
              java.awt.Window
                  java.awt.Dialog
                      java.awt.FileDialog

All Implemented Interfaces:
  ImageObserver, MenuContainer, Serializable, Accessible

    public class FileDialog

extends Dialog

The `FileDialog` class displays a dialog window from which the user can select a file.

Since it is a modal dialog, when the application calls its `show` method to display the dialog, it blocks the rest of the application until the user has chosen a file.

Since:
  JDK1.0
See Also:
  `Window.show()`, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Dialog
`Dialog.AccessibleAWTDialog, Dialog.ModalExclusionType, Dialog.ModalityType`

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Window
`Window.AccessibleAWTWindow`

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Container
`Container.AccessibleAWTContainer`

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component
`Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, Component.BltBufferStrategy, Component.FlipBufferStrategy`

Field Summary
`static int` | `LOAD` This constant value indicates that the purpose of the file dialog window is to locate a file from which to read.
`static int` | `SAVE` This constant value indicates that the purpose of the file dialog window is to locate a file to which to write.

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Dialog
`DEFAULT_MODALITY_TYPE`

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component
`BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT`

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver
`ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH`

Constructor Summary
`FileDialog(Dialog parent)` Creates a file dialog for loading a file.
`FileDialog(Dialog parent, String title)` Creates a file dialog window with the specified title for loading a file.
`FileDialog(Dialog parent, String title, int mode)` Creates a file dialog window with the specified title for loading or saving a file.
`FileDialog(Frame parent)` Creates a file dialog for loading a file.
`FileDialog(Frame parent, String title)` Creates a file dialog window with the specified title for loading a file.
`FileDialog(Frame parent, String title, int mode)` Creates a file dialog window with the specified title for loading or saving a file.

Method Summary
`void` | `addNotify()` Creates the file dialog's peer.
`String` | `getDirectory()` Gets the directory of this file dialog.
`String` | `getFile()` Gets the selected file of this file dialog.
`FilenameFilter` | `getFilenameFilter()` Determines this file dialog's filename filter.
`int` | `getMode()` Indicates whether this file dialog box is for loading from a file or for saving to a file.
`protected String` | `paramString()` Returns a string representing the state of this `FileDialog` window.
`void` | `setDirectory(String dir)` Sets the directory of this file dialog window to be the specified directory.
`void` | `setFile(String file)` Sets the selected file for this file dialog window to be the specified file.
`void` | `setFilenameFilter(FilenameFilter filter)` Sets the filename filter for this file dialog window to the specified filter.
`void` | `setMode(int mode)` Sets the mode of the file dialog.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Dialog
`getAccessibleContext, getModalityType, getTitle, hide, isModal, isResizable, isUndecorated, setModal, setModalityType, setResizable, setTitle, setUndecorated, setVisible, show, toBack`

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Window
`addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addWindowFocusListener, addWindowListener, addWindowStateListener, applyResourceBundle, applyResourceBundle, createBufferStrategy, createBufferStrategy, dispose, getBufferStrategy, getFocusableWindowState, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusOwner, getFocusTraversalKeys, getGraphicsConfiguration, getIconImages, getInputContext, getListeners, getLocale, getModalExclusionType, getMostRecentFocusOwner, getOwnedWindows, getOwner, getOwnerlessWindows, getToolkit, getWarningString, getWindowFocusListeners, getWindowListeners, getWindows, getWindowStateListeners, isActive, isAlwaysOnTop, isAlwaysOnTopSupported, isFocusableWindow, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocused, isLocationByPlatform, isShowing, pack, paint, postEvent, processEvent, processWindowEvent, processWindowFocusEvent, processWindowStateEvent, removeNotify, removeWindowFocusListener, removeWindowListener, removeWindowStateListener, reshape, setAlwaysOnTop, setBounds, setBounds, setCursor, setFocusableWindowState, setFocusCycleRoot, setIconImage, setIconImages, setLocationByPlatform, setLocationRelativeTo, setMinimumSize, setModalExclusionType, setSize, setSize, toFront`

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container
`add, add, add, add, add, addContainerListener, addImpl, applyComponentOrientation, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, countComponents, deliverEvent, doLayout, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getComponentZOrder, getContainerListeners, getFocusTraversalPolicy, getInsets, getLayout, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getMousePosition, getPreferredSize, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, isFocusTraversalPolicySet, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paintComponents, preferredSize, print, printComponents, processContainerEvent, remove, remove, removeAll, removeContainerListener, setComponentZOrder, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFocusTraversalPolicy, setFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, setFont, setLayout, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusDownCycle, update, validate, validateTree`

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component
`action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addMouseWheelListener, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, contains, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, disable, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getBackground, getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getBounds, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getGraphics, getHeight, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocation, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMousePosition, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getParent, getPeer, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getSize, getTreeLock, getWidth, getX, getY, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, imageUpdate, inside, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isDoubleBuffered, isEnabled, isFocusable, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isMaximumSizeSet, isMinimumSizeSet, isOpaque, isPreferredSizeSet, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, prepareImage, prepareImage, printAll, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, resize, resize, setBackground, setComponentOrientation, setDropTarget, setEnabled, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setForeground, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setMaximumSize, setName, setPreferredSize, show, size, toString, transferFocus, transferFocusUpCycle`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### LOAD

    public static final int LOAD

  This constant value indicates that the purpose of the file dialog window is to locate a file from which to read.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### SAVE

    public static final int SAVE

  This constant value indicates that the purpose of the file dialog window is to locate a file to which to write.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### FileDialog

    public FileDialog(Frame parent)

  Creates a file dialog for loading a file. The title of the file dialog is initially empty. This is a convenience method for `FileDialog(parent, "", LOAD)`.

  Parameters:
    `parent` - the owner of the dialog
  Since:
    JDK1.1

### FileDialog

    public FileDialog(Frame parent,
                      String title)

  Creates a file dialog window with the specified title for loading a file. The files shown are those in the current directory. This is a convenience method for `FileDialog(parent, title, LOAD)`.

  Parameters:
    `parent` - the owner of the dialog
    `title` - the title of the dialog

### FileDialog

    public FileDialog(Frame parent,
                      String title,
                      int mode)

  Creates a file dialog window with the specified title for loading or saving a file.

  If the value of `mode` is `LOAD`, then the file dialog is finding a file to read, and the files shown are those in the current directory. If the value of `mode` is `SAVE`, the file dialog is finding a place to write a file.

  Parameters:
    `parent` - the owner of the dialog
    `title` - the title of the dialog
    `mode` - the mode of the dialog; either `FileDialog.LOAD` or `FileDialog.SAVE`
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if an illegal file dialog mode is supplied
  See Also:
    `LOAD`, `SAVE`

### FileDialog

    public FileDialog(Dialog parent)

  Creates a file dialog for loading a file. The title of the file dialog is initially empty. This is a convenience method for `FileDialog(parent, "", LOAD)`.

  Parameters:
    `parent` - the owner of the dialog
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the `parent`'s `GraphicsConfiguration` is not from a screen device;
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `parent` is `null`; this exception is always thrown when `GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless` returns `true`
  Since:
    1.5
  See Also:
    `GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()`

### FileDialog

    public FileDialog(Dialog parent,
                      String title)

  Creates a file dialog window with the specified title for loading a file. The files shown are those in the current directory. This is a convenience method for `FileDialog(parent, title, LOAD)`.

  Parameters:
    `parent` - the owner of the dialog
    `title` - the title of the dialog; a `null` value will be accepted without causing a `NullPointerException` to be thrown
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the `parent`'s `GraphicsConfiguration` is not from a screen device;
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `parent` is `null`; this exception is always thrown when `GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless` returns `true`
  Since:
    1.5
  See Also:
    `GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()`

### FileDialog

    public FileDialog(Dialog parent,
                      String title,
                      int mode)

  Creates a file dialog window with the specified title for loading or saving a file.

  If the value of `mode` is `LOAD`, then the file dialog is finding a file to read, and the files shown are those in the current directory. If the value of `mode` is `SAVE`, the file dialog is finding a place to write a file.

  Parameters:
    `parent` - the owner of the dialog
    `title` - the title of the dialog; a `null` value will be accepted without causing a `NullPointerException` to be thrown
    `mode` - the mode of the dialog; either `FileDialog.LOAD` or `FileDialog.SAVE`
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if an illegal file dialog mode is supplied;
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the `parent`'s `GraphicsConfiguration` is not from a screen device;
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `parent` is `null`; this exception is always thrown when `GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless` returns `true`
  Since:
    1.5
  See Also:
    `GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()`, `LOAD`, `SAVE`

Method Detail

### addNotify

    public void addNotify()

  Creates the file dialog's peer. The peer allows us to change the look of the file dialog without changing its functionality.

  Overrides:
    `addNotify` in class `Dialog`
  See Also:
    `Component.isDisplayable()`, `Window.removeNotify()`

### getMode

    public int getMode()

  Indicates whether this file dialog box is for loading from a file or for saving to a file.

  Returns:
    the mode of this file dialog window, either `FileDialog.LOAD` or `FileDialog.SAVE`
  See Also:
    `LOAD`, `SAVE`, `setMode(int)`

### setMode

    public void setMode(int mode)

  Sets the mode of the file dialog. If `mode` is not a legal value, an exception will be thrown and `mode` will not be set.

  Parameters:
    `mode` - the mode for this file dialog, either `FileDialog.LOAD` or `FileDialog.SAVE`
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if an illegal file dialog mode is supplied
  Since:
    JDK1.1
  See Also:
    `LOAD`, `SAVE`, `getMode()`

### getDirectory

    public String getDirectory()

  Gets the directory of this file dialog.

  Returns:
    the (potentially `null` or invalid) directory of this `FileDialog`
  See Also:
    `setDirectory(java.lang.String)`

### setDirectory

    public void setDirectory(String dir)

  Sets the directory of this file dialog window to be the specified directory. Specifying a `null` or an invalid directory implies an implementation-defined default. This default will not be realized, however, until the user has selected a file. Until this point, `getDirectory()` will return the value passed into this method.

  Specifying "" as the directory is exactly equivalent to specifying `null` as the directory.

  Parameters:
    `dir` - the specified directory
  See Also:
    `getDirectory()`

### getFile

    public String getFile()

  Gets the selected file of this file dialog. If the user selected `CANCEL`, the returned file is `null`.

  Returns:
    the currently selected file of this file dialog window, or `null` if none is selected
  See Also:
    `setFile(java.lang.String)`

### setFile

    public void setFile(String file)

  Sets the selected file for this file dialog window to be the specified file. This file becomes the default file if it is set before the file dialog window is first shown.

  Specifying "" as the file is exactly equivalent to specifying `null` as the file.

  Parameters:
    `file` - the file being set
  See Also:
    `getFile()`

### getFilenameFilter

    public FilenameFilter getFilenameFilter()

  Determines this file dialog's filename filter. A filename filter allows the user to specify which files appear in the file dialog window. Filename filters do not function in Sun's reference implementation for Microsoft Windows.

  Returns:
    this file dialog's filename filter
  See Also:
    `FilenameFilter`, `setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter)`

### setFilenameFilter

    public void setFilenameFilter(FilenameFilter filter)

  Sets the filename filter for this file dialog window to the specified filter. Filename filters do not function in Sun's reference implementation for Microsoft Windows.

  Parameters:
    `filter` - the specified filter
  See Also:
    `FilenameFilter`, `getFilenameFilter()`

### paramString

    protected String paramString()

  Returns a string representing the state of this `FileDialog` window. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be `null`.

  Overrides:
    `paramString` in class `Dialog`
  Returns:
    the parameter string of this file dialog window

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