edu.duke

Class DirectoryResource

java.lang.Object

edu.duke.DirectoryResource

public class DirectoryResource
extends java.lang.Object

The DirectoryResource class allows the user to choose one or more files from a directory (or folder) with a file selection dialog box by using the method selectedFiles. These files can then be iterated over using a for loop.

Example usage:

 DirectoryResource dr = new DirectoryResource();
 for (File f : dr.selectedFiles()) {
     ImageResource ir = new ImageResource(f);
     ir.draw();
 }
 

This software is licensed with an Apache 2 license, see http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 for details.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DirectoryResource() Create a DirectoryResource object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Iterable<java.io.File>	selectedFiles() Open a file selection dialog box to allow the user to navigate to a directory and select one or more files from the chosen directory (or folder).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DirectoryResource

public DirectoryResource()

Create a DirectoryResource object. Creating a DirectoryResource object does not open a dialog box for selecting files.

Method Detail

selectedFiles

public java.lang.Iterable<java.io.File> selectedFiles()

Open a file selection dialog box to allow the user to navigate to a directory and select one or more files from the chosen directory (or folder). The file selection dialog box opened starts in the current project folder.

Returns:

an Iterable that accesses the chosen files one at a time