Passing a selected file in a GUI to another class

Question

Hi guys. I have a GUI set up so that when a file is selected in a directory and the user presses a play button in the GUI..it plays back the sound. (Java sound used.) However i want whatever file was selected to be passed to another class also.In other words..whatever the JFileChooser selects..i want that file info to be passed to another Java class in the package...can anyone help? cheers.

Answer 1

No...whatever file is selected i just want that
instance to be sent to another class.Yes it can be done.
These are the steps.
1.) Choose the file you want. Once you have chosen the file retrieve the absolute path of that file.
2.)Call a method of the other class instance to which you want to send the file passing the file path as an argument.
3.)In the other class retrieve the String path and then use it to create a file object to access it.
//User chooses a file from file chooser and retrieves the path of that file and stores it in a variable String file_path;
//Now let other_class_instance be the reference of the other class to which you want to send the files path and let that other class contain a method retrievePath(String path);
other_class_instance(file_path);
//The method definition in the other class
public void retrievePath(String file_path)
        File file_reference=new File(file_path);
        //Now access the file using this file_reference
}