Jfilechooser on remote directories

Hi guy's I wish to create a java swing applet to use the jfilechooser to browse the directory structure of a remote server. what is the best way of going aboput doing this?
thanks in advance
Danny

Back when there was only SunOS (Solaris 1 as it's known now), when my C program needed to display a directory contents, I would simply do a system call to "ls -lt" and pipe the output to a file or something that I can read. But after having taken a cursory look at the source code for the JFileChooser class in JDK1.3.1, my suggestion would not work....I do not believe the bottleneck is in JFileChooser -- it's simply the sheer size of the list that is causing the problem.
Of course if the only thing you are using the JFileChooser for is to list the contents of that humongous directory, you can use the trick that I mention but instead of using JFileChooser, put the list in a list box that the user can do the selection from.
:o(
V.V.

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import pl.edu.pw.fileserver.client.Client;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.Icon;
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return super.isDrive(dir);
public boolean isFloppyDrive(File dir)
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return false;
return super.isFloppyDrive(dir);
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public File createFileObject(String path) {
return null;
public boolean isFileSystem(File f) {
System.out.println("isFileSystem");
if (f instanceof RemoteFile) {
return false;
} else
return super.isFileSystem(f);
public boolean isFileSystemRoot(File dir)
System.out.println("isFileSystemRoot");
if (dir instanceof RemoteFile)
if(servers.contains(dir))
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return false;
return super.isFileSystemRoot(dir);
public boolean isRoot(File f) {
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if (f instanceof RemoteFile )
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public String getSystemTypeDescription(File f)
if (f instanceof RemoteFile)
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return super.getSystemIcon(f);
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System.out.println("is");
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if (dir instanceof RemoteFile)
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return dir.listFiles();
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import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import pl.edu.pw.fileserver.client.Client;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
import pl.edu.pw.fileserver.Constants;
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public final static String absoluteStart = "//";
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super(parent);
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this(ftp, parent);
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path += name;
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exists();
return isdirectory;
public boolean isFile() {
if (!checked)
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if (!checked)
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return getAbsolutePath();
public String getAbsolutePath() {
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if(result.charAt(result.length()-1) == this.PATHDELIMS)
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if(i<3)
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Isn't deleting the remote directories if I have deleted them locally considered part of SYNCHRONIZATION?
The site is so large that I can go grab a coffee while the synchronization is taking place but it is not quite as bad as re-uploading the entire local copy of the site every time I make significant changes to the site structure.
I guess this is related to why Dreamweaver throws "_notes" folders all over my site CONSTANTLY even when I have design notes turned off for my sites?
I have so many complaints about Dreamweaver and the fact that it pretty much has not improved much at all since Adobe took it over from Macromedia I don't know where to begin. I guess this would be a good place to start LOL!

As much as I hate replying to myself...
I was reading through this thread
http://digg.com/apple/OSXLeopard_Another_Serious_BUG_Unable_to_Browse_SMB_WindowsShares
I tried many of the suggestions one at a time. Unfortunately, I tried way too many suggestions to know if/which any single one was the "fix". The last three configuration changes I made were to disable IPV6, enable SMB sharing, then disable AFP sharing. After each of these, I did "sudo killall Finder" from a terminal.
Now it works for me as desired.
I hope this helps someone else.

Cursor Busy in JFileChooser

I am using a JFileChooser to open directories, some of the directories can contain a lot of sub directories and it can take a while to update the display with the contents (5 seconds), but the JFileChooser doesnt show a busy cursor whilst doing this so can appear to the user that the directory is empty.
is this a bug in java , i havent found anything in the Bug Database. ?
Running on Windows JDK 1.5.

It should work if "parent" is a Window.
I do notice a problem if you navigate to an empty directory, in which case there is no
contentsChanged event and the wait cursor doesn't go away. I will investigate if there
is a solution for that.
Here is a complete example.
import java.awt.*;
import java.beans.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.*;
public class bug5010850 {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                final JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
                FileChooserUI ui = fc.getUI();
                if (ui instanceof BasicFileChooserUI) {
                    fc.addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() {
                        public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent e) {
                            String s = e.getPropertyName();
                            if (s.equals(JFileChooser.DIRECTORY_CHANGED_PROPERTY)) {
                                setCursor(fc, Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR);
                    ListModel model = ((BasicFileChooserUI)ui).getModel();
                    model.addListDataListener(new ListDataListener() {
                        public void contentsChanged(ListDataEvent e) {
                            setCursor(fc, Cursor.DEFAULT_CURSOR);
                        public void intervalAdded(ListDataEvent e) { }
                        public void intervalRemoved(ListDataEvent e) { }
                fc.showSaveDialog(null);
            private void setCursor(JComponent comp, int type) {
                Window window = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(comp);
                if (window != null) {
                    Cursor cursor = Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(type);
                    System.out.println(cursor);
                    window.setCursor(cursor);
        System.exit(0);
}

JFileChooser and driectories

i know its possible to select directories using a jfilechooser but once the directory is selected i want to be able to take all the files from the directory and add their paths to a JList. This is as opposed to going in and adding the files one at a time.
can anyone help?
cheers

yes-
configure the JFileChooser to select directories (read the doc)
once you have a directory returned from the dialog, use the File object (read the doc) to obtain its children (the files in the directory)

Remote servers on class path

Is it possible to include an URL of a remote server on the classpath.
In other words is it possible to store compiled byte-code of classes on a "storage" server and make them available across a network to applications which might need them.
cheers

In other words is it possible to store compiled
byte-code of classes on a "storage" server and make
them available across a network to applications which
might need them.You can mount remote directories and put these in your classpath. But having a URL on the classpath is not possible.

ORBD + Servertool Remote Servers

I'm having trouble finding documentation that covers this scenario and wondered if anyone could help.
I'm developing a Java CORBA solution that has 5 different servers. These servers will be distributed among a number of physical computers on the same network and there is inter-server communication...the servers must know where eachother is.
I would like them to be CORBA persistent servers and have successfully got a server up and running using ORBD and the servertool.
The problem is: it appears that the server class files need to be local to the ORBD application. Is this the case? If so, how would this work in a distributed environment? Would each server and physical computer need an ORBD running? If this it the case, how will the servers know where the other is...this isn't a problem when using a transient naming service as the servers/clients and naming servers can all be distributed over any number of nodes.
Thanks in advance for any help.

In other words is it possible to store compiled
byte-code of classes on a "storage" server and make
them available across a network to applications which
might need them.You can mount remote directories and put these in your classpath. But having a URL on the classpath is not possible.

Network Connection Failures Affecting Printing and Finder Access

I have a Canon MX320 connected via USB to my iMac running OSX 10.9.1. The latest Canon printer drivers are installed. Everything works fine with this printer and computer combination. The printer is enabled for shaing over the network.
The problem is that occasionally, the iMac seems to disconnect from any other laptop or desktop computer (Macs or PCs) connected through my wireless router. On a mac laptop (also with OSX 10.9.1) I may lose access to shared directories on the iMac, and more often, I lose the ability to print from the laptop. The print queues are unchanged on all Macs, but remote printing over the network fails with the message "printer not connected", even though the only change may have been that the iMac hosting the printer went to sleep.
Sometimes, waking the iMac allows the network print job to go through, but typically not if the print job is initiated before waking the iMac. The printer queue on the laptop will seem fine, with "printer idle", but as soon as the print job is submitted, it briefly reports "looking for printer", and then "printer not connected". Sometimes, everything (iMac and laptop) needs to be rebooted to re-establish a network printing connection through the iMac.
Trying to reset or delete and re-install the printer queue on the laptop does not fix the problem. I am assuming that this is because the remote connection to the server (the iMac) has effectively been interrupted or lost. The iMac may show up in a Finder window on the laptop as a simple PC icon, but with none of the connected directories visible. trying to re-mount the remote directories by connecting to the "server" (the iMac) often fails. It is as if something has happened to break the connection to the iMac, and both Finder and network printing are thereby disabled until everything is rebooted.
Printer error log entries:
E [13/Feb/2014:08:21:43 -0500] Unknown directive BrowseOrder on line 9 of /private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
E [13/Feb/2014:08:21:44 -0500] Unknown directive BrowseAllow on line 10 of /private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
This problem is intermittent but seems to be happening often after the Mavericks upgrade. One should not have to wake up a remote computer prior to connecting to it, or asking a printer connected to it to print a job.

Hello Rescue_2003
Check to see if Wake for network access is checked in System Preferences > Energy Saver.
OS X Mavericks: Share your computer’s resources when it’s in sleep
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14244
Regards,
-Norm G.

FTP and Internet Explorer lets me retrieve all files in a folder with one click, how to in Firefox?

I want to use FTP to copy multiple files from a remote machine so I can burn a backup here. I cannot find any syntax in Firefox yet in Internet Explorer 8 I can get a Windows-like display of all remote directories then use Windows commands to 'select all' and/or 'copy to folder' which does the bulk transfer with no further commands. The initial WinXP response to the FTP command is like Firefox in that I have to retrieve each file with a separate command.

hello, firefox has just a simple viewing capability for files on a ftp server. for more advanced functions please use an extension like fireftp: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fireftp/

File Chooser in a Panel - please help

Hello!
I am implementing a FTP program as part of an assignment. Can you please tell me how I can get a File Chooser like interface to the files on the remote computer? Can the existing JFileChooser be modified to support this and also can it be embedded in a panel rather than opening in a separate dialog box? Is there any way to get drag and drop support in it?
Please do help
Thanks
Dilip

Hi!
Actually, you can use JFileChooser for remote filesystems. I've implemented it once using JDK 1.3.1 (accessing a remote Linux machine over RMI in an applet):
(1) Create your own subclass of java.io.File, hooking all methods that actually access the filesystem (isDirectory, getSize, ...) to your ftp-connection. (That's the main work, about 50 methods to overwrite, but you can skip many, e.g. createTemporaryFile).
(2) Make your own subclass of FileSystemView to deliver objects of your File-class instead of Sun's.
(3) Initialize JFileChooser with this FileSystemView.
You may also take a look at
http://www.crocodile.org/listok/2/WhatDoesFileSystemViewView.shtml .

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