How can I create a directory chooser?

Question

hi there
is there any way to create a directory chooser? because it is the directory that I am more interested in, but with JFileChooser, I must select a file to get a directory. help please, and thank you.

Answer 1

Just a followup regarding directory choosers.
I previously attempted to use the JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY selection to make a directory chooser, but found that this didn't allow the user to descend into the wanted directory, then select it.
The following code shows my attempt to resolve this. BTW, this works because the assumption has been made that when a directory is descended into, its name will appear in the file name field.
JFileChooser browser = new JFileChooser(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
               browser.removeChoosableFileFilter(browser.getAcceptAllFileFilter());
               browser.addChoosableFileFilter(new DirectoriesOnlyFilter());
               //This method will set the dialog type to custom via setDialogType(CUSTOM_DIALOG);
               if (browser.showDialog(this, "Select") != JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
                    return;
               File location = browser.getSelectedFile();
               if (!location.exists())
                    String dirName = location.getName();
                    //Find the requested directory by looking at the parent directory
                    location = location.getParentFile();
                    if (location.exists() && location.getName().equals(dirName))
                         //User has descended into the wanted directory -
                    else
                         //Cannot resolve the requested directory
               else if (location.isDirectory())
                    //The user has clicked, without descending, onto a directory in the chooser
                    //This is the directory that the user wants
               else
                    //Oops - File found.  This should only happen in one of two cases:
                    //1) If there is a file with the same name as the directory it is in
                    //2) If the user has typed in a file name into the field
class DirectoriesOnlyFilter extends javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter
     public DirectoriesOnlyFilter()
     public boolean accept(File file)
          return file.isDirectory();
     public String getDescription()
          return "Directories";
}Hope this helps.
Rob