JFileChooser and links .lnk

Question

Hi. I'm having a problem with JFileChooser. When I try to click on a shortcut I get the file .lnk selected instead of the directory to it associated.
Do you know how can I do this task?
Alternatively I could use FileDialog..but, does it support Multiple Selection?
Thanks very very much,
Albert

Answer 1

Hi ,
use the class sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder
the files are selected by the JFileChooser is a sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder
sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder is a sub class of File
This class contains a method isLink() , getLinkLocation() it will helps to
get the link associated. I give the sample code and listen the actionPerformed
method
import java.awt.* ;
import java.awt.event.* ;
import java.io.* ;
import javax.swing.*;
import sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder;
public class FCTest extends JFrame {
    public FCTest() {
        setTitle( "File Chooser Test" ) ;
        setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE ) ;
        init() ;
        setSize( 400 , 300 ) ;
        setVisible( true ) ;
    private JFileChooser fc ;
    private void init() {
        fc = new JFileChooser() ;
        fc.setMultiSelectionEnabled( true ) ;
        getContentPane().add( new JButton( new ButAct() ) , BorderLayout.SOUTH ) ;
    public class ButAct extends AbstractAction {
        public ButAct() {
            super( "My Button" ) ;
        public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent actEvt ) {
            int r = fc.showOpenDialog( FCTest.this ) ;
            if( r != JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION )
                return ;
            File[] files = fc.getSelectedFiles() ;
            for( int i = 0 ; i < files.length ; i++ ) {
                if( files[i] instanceof ShellFolder ) {
                    ShellFolder sf = ( ShellFolder ) files[i] ;
                    if( sf.isLink() ) {
                        try {
                            System.out.println( sf.getLinkLocation().getPath() );
                        } catch ( FileNotFoundException fnfe ) {
                            System.out.println( "Invalid Link : " + files.getPath() );
} else {
System.out.println( files[i].getPath() );
} else {
System.out.println( files[i].getPath() );
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new FCTest() ;